According to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, an 8-year-old girl was killed Saturday afternoon and a 47-year-old Milwaukee man has been arrested in what Milwaukee police are investigating as a homicide.
The incident occurred in the 1800 block of West Highland Avenue.
The suspect was handling a firearm that discharged, according to a police news release. The gunfire struck the girl, who was taken to a hospital and died.
“The death of an 8-year old Milwaukee girl this afternoon is heartbreaking,” Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said in a statement. “Mistaken gunfire has extinguished another innocent life. I offer my condolences to her family.”
Stories like this are sickening and sad. Why is it that so many young people are leaving this earth so soon? This issue stings in my heart. What is it that we can do to stop it?
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