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Brexialee Torres-Ortiz Wiki – Brexialee Torres-Ortiz Biography
An 11-year-old girl was fatally shot Monday night as she was returning home after buying a liter of milk from a local store. Syracuse police say the gunman shot Brexialee Torres-Ortiz in the abdomen. The fifth grader died at a local hospital.
A 19-year-old man, who was the suspected target of the drive-by shooting, was shot in the leg. He is expected to survive. No arrests have been made in this case. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said the shooting appeared to be gang-related.
Brexialee Torres Ortiz Age
The age of Brexialee Torres-Ortiz was just 11 years.
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Brexialee Torres-Ortiz 11-year-old girl was fatally shot
“This poor little angel,” Fitzpatrick said, according to The New York Times. “She only goes out to get a liter of milk for her family.” At a news conference Tuesday, Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecile said Brexialee was “caught in the crossfire,” reports Syracuse.com.
The girl was the president of her class at Blodgett High School and a hall monitor who encouraged her fellow students. “Always giving them value,” Cecile said, according to Syracuse.com, “and pushing them to succeed.” She was also in the high honor and dance shows. No arrests have been made in the fatal shooting of Brexialee Torres-Ortiz
Mayor Ben Walsh said there are “people in our community who know who pulled the trigger last night and they know who pulled the trigger in the incident before that and the incident after that,” he said, WAER reports.
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“And just think if those people were willing or able to step up and share information with us in a way that they felt safe, we could be done with this. We could end this crisis.” Police said there was no connection between Brexialee and the 19-year-old man.Read More…..
