13-year-old schoolgirl who had penned award-winning essay on gun violence shot and killed by stray bullet in bedroom
A 13-year-old schoolgirl who had penned an award-winning essay on gun violence in her hometown just two years ago has been killed after she was hit by a stray bullet inside her bedroom. Sandra Parks died at her home in Milwaukee after she was struck once in the upper right flank. According to a criminal complaint obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, her mother Bernice Parks had gone to bed early but woke up on the sound gunshots ringing out at around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 15, hearing Sandra yell "I'm shot, I'm shot."
She saw the 13-year-old bleeding out on the floor and called 911, but emergency responders were unable to save the teen. Police reported two others were caught in the crossfire that erupted outside — one on a school playground, and the other in his own yard. Detectives found four empty casings in the street in front of the house, as well as four bullet house in the house.