Detroit Police Shoot, Kill 7-year-old Girl During Home Search...
Detroit, Michigan - A 7-year-old girl was shot and killed when a Detroit
police officer's gun went off while searching a home for a suspect
wanted for murder.
Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee said at a news conference Sunday that the victim, Aiyana Jones, was hit in the neck by a single bullet and died at a hospital. "This is any parent's worst nightmare. It also is any police officer's worst nightmare," Godbee said.
According to Godbee, officers with the Special Response Team set off a flash grenade as the entered the house at about 12:40 a.m. Sunday. The officers had a warrant to search the house and were looking for a suspect wanted in the brutal Friday shooting of a 17-year-old boy.
Assistant Chief Godbee said that the officers encountered a 46-year-old woman upon entering the house, and said, "It appears the officer and the woman had some level of physical contact at about the time the officer's weapon discharged one round."
Officers immediately took Aiyana to St. John's Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit where she was pronounced dead.
A full investigation into the shooting will be conducted.
As for the raid, Godbee said, "Because of the ruthless and violent nature of the suspect in this case, it was determined that it would be in the best interest of public safety to execute the search warrant as soon as possible and detain the suspect while we sought a murder warrant."
The victim's father told reporters "I would like to say that y'all killed an innocent child, my only daughter that I will never ever get back, she was my pride and my joy, that's what made me happy and I will never be the same man again not without my daughter, y'all ruined my life."
Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee said at a news conference Sunday that the victim, Aiyana Jones, was hit in the neck by a single bullet and died at a hospital. "This is any parent's worst nightmare. It also is any police officer's worst nightmare," Godbee said.
According to Godbee, officers with the Special Response Team set off a flash grenade as the entered the house at about 12:40 a.m. Sunday. The officers had a warrant to search the house and were looking for a suspect wanted in the brutal Friday shooting of a 17-year-old boy.
Assistant Chief Godbee said that the officers encountered a 46-year-old woman upon entering the house, and said, "It appears the officer and the woman had some level of physical contact at about the time the officer's weapon discharged one round."
Officers immediately took Aiyana to St. John's Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit where she was pronounced dead.
A full investigation into the shooting will be conducted.
As for the raid, Godbee said, "Because of the ruthless and violent nature of the suspect in this case, it was determined that it would be in the best interest of public safety to execute the search warrant as soon as possible and detain the suspect while we sought a murder warrant."
The victim's father told reporters "I would like to say that y'all killed an innocent child, my only daughter that I will never ever get back, she was my pride and my joy, that's what made me happy and I will never be the same man again not without my daughter, y'all ruined my life."
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