ATLANTA - An 8-year-old girl is dead after a shooting in Atlanta on the Fourth of July, police confirmed. Police told FOX 5 that the shooting happened Saturday night in the area of 1238 Pryor Road near the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was shot in June.
During a Sunday press conference, police identified the girl as Secoriea Turner. "They say black lives matter," said the victim's father, Secoriya Williamson. "You killed your own.
You killed your own this time just because of a barrier. They killed my baby because she crossed the barrier and made a U-turn."AdvertisementAccording to police, the child was riding in a car with her mother and an adult friend when they turned off the interstate onto University Avenue slightly before 10 p.m.When.