Khyara Tay.
A suspect has been named in thefatal shooting of 11-year-old Kyhara Tayof Bronx, New York.
On Monday, City of New York Police Commissioner Keechant Sewelltweeted a photoof 18-year-old suspect Omar Bojang, requesting for others to retweet the photo and noting “a $10,000 reward for info leading to arrest and conviction.”
“We will have justice for 11-year-old Kyhara Tay,” he also said.
Ina follow-up tweethours later, Sewell wrote, “Omar Bojang has been charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Kyhara Tay.”
“@NYPD41PctPrecinct & Bronx Homicide detectives are relentless in their pursuit of justice — and seeking closure for families of victims,” the commissioner added.
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“When I opened her clothes and I see her bleeding, I see she got shot. I see the hole,” Pena said. “I told the lady in the nail salon, give me napkins, give me glove, give me something.”
Tay was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said. She later died from her injuries.
Of Tay, a family friend told WPIX during a May 17 vigil, “She was real outgoing, adventurous, willing to try new things, just like a bundle of joy.”
“Any parent would ask for her as a child. Good grades, focused in school,” the family friend added.
Tay’s aunt Norka Sanchez said the family was distraught overher unexpected death. “We’re talking about an 11-year-old girl with her whole future. Her whole family [is] devastated with this loss,” Sanchez said at the vigil, according to WCBS.
“We want somebody to say something. Please, please, please say something if you know, please, because this is ridiculous,” she pleaded.
source: people.com
