2 Arrested After 11-Year-Old Girl Hit By Stray Bullet In San Francisco

July 23, 2011 8:16 AM

An 11-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet in San Francisco late Friday night.

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Police arrested 2 suspects in connection to the shooting of an 11-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet in San Francisco’s Western Addition on Friday night.

The suspects were 18 and 19-year-old males. The victim was still in life-threatening condition Saturday afternoon, police said.

Police responded to the 1100 block of Laguna Street around 11:15 p.m. on reports of shots fired. According to a police spokesperson, a group of males were involved in a verbal altercation when one pulled out a weapon and began shooting.

One of the bullets in the shooting penetrated a nearby apartment building, police said.

Eric Holt and his wife were hosting his niece and nephew for a sleepover with his daughter when they heard gunfire.

“My niece came into the living room and asked me if she could have a snack. Then, she walked back to the bedroom,” Holt said. “We starting hearing gunshots and then she ran out of the room and said I’ve been shot. I sat her down, told her to take it easy and dialed 911.”

He said his niece Linda never cried, but asked calmly if she was going to die.

KCBS’ Margie Shafer Reports:

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Officers found a girl suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest and she was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Police said the suspects were described as a group of juvenile black males.

Officers have detained a group of young black males but no arrests have been made, police said.

The police department’s criminal investigation unit and gang task force are investigating the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411.

2 Arrested After 11 Year Old Girl Hit By Stray Bullet In San Francisco

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oldfart

group of juvenile black males.says it all, yet our politicians sill want to increase, welfare, increase food stamps, increase subsidized housing, make felons a protective class. supply drug addicts and homeless with free housing , medical and food , never requiring any work or improvement in their lives in return.

Pretty soon there will be no middle class living in SF, they will not be able afford to continue to house, feed and give free medical to people who what everything for free and who refuse to work.

T

Look Madonna and Angelina Jolie need to stop adopting kids in Africa. Black slavery ended two centuries ago. They can come to any ghetto in the US, and for an adoption fee, get a “group of juvenile black males”. Wait a minute, Tony LaRussa can now have an extension of his ARF program.
Critical Thinking

Oldfart,

Word to the wise: It is better to be thought a fool than to comment and remove all doubt. (Yes, a paraphrase.)

oldfart

One last thought, where are the protesters who riot when a convicted felon suspected of murder, shots at the police get shot, they are out in force, yet when an innocent girl gets shot these same so called peace loving liberals are no where to be found.

k

He has a point
liloldlady

Why should he shut up? It’s true and you know it.

It doesn’t matter what race these punks are, they need to be caught and tried as adults. The punishment should not be a slap on the wrist and a time out. It should be a real punishment. They think that owning an illegal weapon makes them big men. All it does is show what ignorant punks they really are.

Henry

The young black women of America need free birth control and ordered to use it by the courts.

whitey

And all the young white women of america should get the same birthcontrol to prevent them from having kids by their brothers and cousins
T

Come now, how will they get their welfare, section 8 housing, and support for life, unless they breed. They don’t even list the father, if they even know who he is (Refer to the Maury show).

whitey

Its easy for you to say… your dad is probably your brother

Bob

And we are upset at the police for doing there job.shoot first ask questions later. We should all be trying to put a stop to the gangs that are killing little kids. So I think we have it backwards,stop the gangs and let the police do there job,and if that means the police kills them it’s o.k. with me,if the gangs stop doing what they are doing they will stop getting what they are getting.

gem55

Their! Thair!!!

hohyhoho

This wound of her parents from this tragedy will never health.
She was just an little angel at age of 9.
sara

Bob, has had the only decent comment on this board…… you have no idea what it is like down there…. and this is a Little angel… innocent angel…. and all you are talking about is black this, and that….

you are a sad group of people… how bout… my thoughts go out to this little girl and her family….. why dont you go down there and protest… LMAO… bet you wont even drive down these streets…..

i pray for this girl and her family…..
tn

When the educated but not street-savvy, perfect-world thinkers try to teach or apply that form of reason and action, they leave the SFPD in a deep disadvantage. When was the last time you tried to reason and compromise with this element? You won’t last a minute (as these juvies rob, assault your daughter or spouse, and hurt you). I’m not saying they don’t deserve certain unalienable rights, but they first need to be neutralized before one can attempt to logically reason or communicate with these criminals.
Right or wrong, most of these commentators think before they write, while these criminals act, before they think. Think about it.
Zack Debarco

It is about time that the media isn’t shy about listing the ethnicity of suspects when it involves blacks. The agenda has been to downplay the high rate of
black suspects because at the same time the media decries the large disproportianate black male population in prisons in America. It is truly unfortunate that it is this way, but you have to call them as you see them.
As long as we have the enablers or all stripes out there compalining about the lack of opportunity etc. when in fact any person of color with a good attitude will usually beat out anyone else when it comes to hiring. Unfortunately it seems some in the black community sees having mainstream values as being an “uncle Tom” and America owes the black man/woman!
Lee

That poor girl. The article says that her injuries are life-threatening. I hope they are able to save her. SF General is a good hospital.
Mad Mike

Sooooo the protest over this will be taking place when? Never? That’s what I thought.
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