WTW?? Point-blank shooting of Inkster toddler violated 'the code of the streets'
In the hard-bitten city of Inkster, a little girl’s killing appears to have crossed a line.
The triple shooting Tuesday night that ended the life of 2-year-old Kamiya French and left two of her relatives wounded violated the “code of the streets,” said neighbor Antwan Harrison. A witness said Kamiya had been playing outside when she was shot in the head at point-blank range.
But as residents struggled to understand what was described by the city’s police chief, Hilton Napoleon, as retaliation for a shooting in April, the community spoke out, providing tips that helped police arrest a suspect less than a day later in Brownstown Township, Napoleon said today.
Kamiya, who would have turned 3 next week, was identified by her mother, Erica Gross, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office. Her death has been ruled a homicide. The shooting critically injured a 12-year-old girl and left a 34-year-old man with nonlife-threatening injuries, according to the Michigan State Police, which is investigating the incident.
A witness said a man walked up to two kids playing in a yard and shot the 2-year-old, then turned the gun on her father and the other girl, who was struck multiple times.
“He shot the baby,” said Andy Anderson, 51, of Detroit, who was standing near a car when the shooting started about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. “I thought, ‘No, he didn’t.’ And then he turned the gun and started shooting on the porch.”
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