Around 9PM on Saturday, October 2nd, an 11-year-old was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting. Her 5-year-old sister was also wounded and taken to the hospital. The incident happened in the Sherman Park neighborhood in northwest Milwaukee, according to Milwaukee Police Department.
The girls were in the car with family when a vehicle pulled up alongside them and shots rang out, police said.
According to WISN, a family member immediately drove the wounded children to the District 7 police, where officers and firefighters from the Milwaukee Fire Department performed first aid.
According to ABCNEWS, the girls were taken to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee, where the 11-year-old died from her injuries, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner told ABC affiliate station WISN in Milwaukee. Police said the younger girl was in stable condition.
A relative immediately drove the wounded children to the District 7 police precinct several blocks away, where officers and firefighters from the Milwaukee Fire Department performed first aid, according to WISN.
The names of the children were not immediately released. No arrests have been made and police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.
The shooting marked the 148th homicide in Milwaukee this year, according to a database on homicides compiled by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. At least 22 of the homicide victims this year have been children 18 years old or younger, according to the newspaper.
This information is extremely sickening. It’s heartbreaking to know our kids are dying like this nearly every week. Who could do this and why? How do we stop this from happening? What do we do, Milwaukee?
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