Conn. Girl, 12, Killed by Gunfire Near Where Her Dad Was Fatally Shot More Than 10 Years Ago

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Pierce was reportedly sitting in a parked car and was shot in the head and abdomen during the incident in which three other men were injured, police said.

The men, whose names have not been released, were walking alongside a street when a moving car fired at them, seriously injuring an 18-year-old in the group, according to authorities. Two other males, ages 16 and 23, also sustained non-life-threatening injuries,NBC Connecticutreported.

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According to theAP, Pierce’s grandmother, Janet Rice, said in a text Sunday, “Never in a million years did I expect to respond to a call for my 12-year-old granddaughter.”

“I am ANGRY, HEARTBROKEN, and NUMB,” she texted.

“It’s just trauma on top of trauma,” added Reverend Sam Saylor, Pierce’s grandfather in a Saturday vigil for her, per AP. “[Never did I expect] that I would be in this parade of pain again.”

Pierce’s death marks the seventh homicide this year in Hartford, theAPreports.

No arrests have been made.

source: people.com