Girl, 13 who wrote essay on gun violence is killed by stray bullet

[Clovis]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/us/sandra-parks-milwaukee-gunfire.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

When she was in sixth grade, Sandra Parks wrote an award-winning essay about gun violence and crime in her hometown, Milwaukee.

This week, two years after she described how “we are in a state of chaos,” she was fatally shot when someone outside fired a gun at her home and a stray bullet went into her bedroom.

The shooting happened Monday as Sandra, 13, was watching television at the time, her sister, Tatiana Ingram, told the television station WISN.

“My sister took it like a soldier: She just walked in the room and said, ‘Mama, I’m shot,’” Ms. Ingram said. “She was only hit one time, in her chest. The bullet wasn’t even for her.”

[spazthemax]

Shot in her own bedroom

There's something extra fucked up about getting randomly accidentally killed in what should be one of your safest places

[Solo Wing]

I really would like the full context of the events that lead to this poor girl getting struck in her own fucking bedroom. Cause god damn it seems like a lot of things would need to line up for this terrible accident to occur.

Still though, this is just awful. My condolences to her family.

[AlbertWesker]

Late Wednesday afternoon, the Milwaukee County district attorney’s office charged Isaac D. Barnes, 26, and Untrell Oden, 27, with first-degree reckless homicide and other counts in Sandra’s death. Both men have previous armed robbery convictions and were charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

Of course it was by some fucking lowlife who shouldn’t have possession of a gun to begin with. Hopefully they stay in prison this time around.

[Mr. Someguy]

Senseless gang violence, and nobody even cares until an innocent child is killed. Hopefully something will be done about it now, at least in that area.

Over the past two years, 12 students in Milwaukee public schools were
homicide victims, a spokeswoman for the school district said. Sandra is
the seventh since January.

Or maybe they won't do anything about it.

[Orbito]

I mean, as shitty as this is what honestly do you think should be done that law enforcement is not currently doing?

[Headhumpy]

So why did they have a gun, and what can we do to get guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them, and keep other such people from getting them?

[Mr. Someguy]

Straw purchase (buying a gun to give or sell to a felon), unscrupulous FFL holders (gun sellers who deal under the table), and theft are the 3 biggest sources of illegal firearms in the US.

[Cyril Connolly]

not safe at school, not safe in the bedroom