A 6-year-old girl was shot to death inside a Dallas home on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after her 14-year-old brother was shot and later killed, according to Fox 4 Dallas.
The girl was inside a townhome on North Fitzhugh Avenue in Old East Dallas, off Fuqua Street and Fitzhugh Avenue, when the shooting occurred. The home is approximately 2.5 miles north of downtown Dallas.
Dallas Police told FOX 4 the victim was inside the home with another boy and there was an unsecured gun inside. Police said it was unclear how the child was shot. She was taken to a hospital where she died and the investigation continues.
A police vehicle stands outside a Dallas residence Wednesday, days after a 6-year-old girl was shot to death and her 14-year-old brother also died from gunshot wounds, Dallas police said. (Fox 4 Dallas)
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The girl's mother was not home at the time, but was at the funeral home instead as she was planning a funeral for her 14-year-old son, who died on New Year's Eve in a shooting a few days earlier, the girl's aunt told FOX 4.
According to Fox 4, teenage boy Abralen Ryder was one of two 14-year-old boys shot and killed on Harry Hines Boulevard in Oak Lawn around 4:40 a.m. on Dec. 29.
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Ryder died on Dec. 31, but the other 14-year-old is expected to survive.
Aerial view of the scene where a 6-year-old girl was shot and killed Wednesday, Dallas police said. This comes just days after his 14-year-old brother also died from gunshot wounds. (Fox 4 Dallas)
A 16-year-old suspect was arrested and initially charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting. Police tell FOX 4 one of the charges will be upgraded to manslaughter.
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Markia Boyd, who lives in the same apartment complex where the 6-year-old girl died, said she was shocked to learn of her death.
“I'm trying not to cry, but I'm not. I'm trying to hold it in. I'm shaking right now,” Boyd told FOX 4.
“I think the whole thing is a shock,” Boyd said.
A map that pinpoints the location where the shooting took place. (Google Maps)
