{"id":27742,"date":"2023-01-17T23:05:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T23:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/news\/girl-11-is-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-that-targeted-teenager\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T23:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T23:05:22","slug":"girl-11-is-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-that-targeted-teenager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/news\/girl-11-is-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-that-targeted-teenager\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl, 11, Is Killed in Drive-By Shooting That Targeted Teenager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Syracuse police had been looking out on Tuesday for the assailant in a drive-by capturing that killed an 11-year-old woman who lived close by as she was apparently strolling residence after shopping for milk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The capturing on Monday night time occurred at an intersection within the metropolis\u2019s Southside neighborhood simply reverse an elementary college named for Martin Luther King Jr., on a vacation named for the slain civil rights chief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"> The police stated the assailant shot the woman, hitting her within the midsection, and in addition an unidentified 19-year-old man, who was hit within the leg. He survived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The woman, recognized by the authorities as Brexialee Torres-Ortiz, was transported to a close-by hospital the place she was pronounced lifeless, the police stated. Images on native media confirmed a gallon of milk, spilled on its aspect, on the location of the homicide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mayor Ben Walsh expressed anguish on the capturing, which he known as \u201cmindless\u201d and \u201cbrutal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt has shaken this group to the core,\u201d Mr. Walsh stated, throughout a Tuesday afternoon information convention. \u201cThis younger girl did nothing improper. Her household did nothing improper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">William Fitzpatrick, the district lawyer for Onondaga County, stated on Tuesday that the capturing may very well be gang-related, and that the 19-year-old who was shot was the goal of the assault, in what he known as a \u201cone-way fusillade\u201d close to the younger sufferer\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis poor little angel,\u201d Mr. Fitzpatrick stated, including, \u201cShe simply goes out to get a quart of milk for her household.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">However, he added, the 19-year-old sufferer didn&#8217;t look like cooperating with investigators, one thing that galled Mr. Fitzpatrick, whose workplace will probably be answerable for prosecuting the crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Fitzpatrick stated he was shocked that if the younger man was \u201cconscious that an 11-year-old took a bullet meant for him,\u201d he would nonetheless select to not cooperate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Like a number of different upstate New York cities, Syracuse has been confronting an uptick in gun violence, leaving native leaders struggling to reassure residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Daren C. Jaime, the pastor at Individuals\u2019s A.M.E. Zion Church, stated he had been on the hospital with the sufferer\u2019s mom after the woman died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe ought to have the ability to stroll the streets in peace,\u201d he stated, \u201cand a baby ought to be capable of go to the shop and never have a guardian wonder if or not they\u2019re ever going to make it residence secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jamie, who can be the chaplain for the Syracuse Police Division, added that the town had seen a rise<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> \u201c<\/strong>in pictures fired and in addition folks being hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a nationwide downside on an area degree,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jaime added that the placement and timing of the killing \u2014 on Martin Luther King\u2019s Birthday, close to a avenue named for him \u2014 was significantly jarring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf something, Dr. King challenged us to be a voice for the unvoiced,\u201d he stated. \u201cAnd the group should proceed to be a voice for the unvoiced and for this household that\u2019s been tragically impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Throughout Tuesday\u2019s information convention, Chief Joseph Cecile of the Syracuse Police Division stated Brexialee had been a fifth grader \u2014 president of her class \u2014 with a stellar repute at school and an curiosity in dance. She was shot about 100 yards from her condo, Chief Cecile stated, including that authorities had \u201cpretty good digicam footage\u201d of the scene of the capturing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The chief additionally pleaded for help from the general public, saying \u201cwe all know there\u2019s people on the market proper now that very seemingly know who the shooter was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI wish to see some suggestions are available,\u201d Chief Cecile stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There was an outpouring of grief on-line, the place academics and buddies provided tributes to Brexialee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe world we reside in is loopy,\u201d wrote one lady, India Jenkins, on Fb. Ms. Jenkins, a instructing assistant who knew the sufferer from college, stated Brexialee was \u201can incredible scholar simply discovering out who she was and the way far life may take her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Jenkins added that the younger woman was \u201csassy however candy\u201d and \u201cliked by many.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cShe didn\u2019t deserve this destiny,\u201d she wrote. \u201cNobody does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Kitty Bennett<!-- --> contributed analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Supply: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/17\/nyregion\/syracuse-shooting.html\">NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Syracuse police had been looking out on Tuesday for the assailant in a drive-by capturing that killed an 11-year-old woman who lived close by as she was apparently strolling residence after shopping for milk. 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