Two Girls Shot in Drive-By Shooting- Victoria Lennox 2nd Period

On October 4, 2013, 21-year old LaKivia Dorrough and 10-year old Keimaya Robertson were packing boxes for an upcoming move when a drive-by shooting injured them. The two girls were listening to the radio and dancing when LaKivia heard what she thought was fireworks at about 7:40 p.m. She then saw smoke and ran toward the front door. She says, “I thought it was just a paintball, I looked down and I saw I’m bleeding, then I looked over at her and I saw it hit her too.” The bullet was shot through the window, two interior walls, LaKivia’s left ankle, then Keimaya’s left ankle, and finally stopped in the carpet. The gunman is still on the run but the victims’ mother says she knows the shooter. She said a friend had lived with them for a month. The mother told police that she thinks the woman’s ex-boyfriend is to blame. "When I saw the gunshots coming through this window right here, I knew it was the room she used to sleep in, and when she slept, she slept right across this window right here where it has the most bullets.” Dallas police have conducted interviews with neighbors and family as well as shell casings and fingerprints. Police records show that there was an assault at the same address a month ago that fits the description the family gave of the suspect and his girlfriend who lived with them. They are hoping to make the connection and find the suspect soon.

This is a really scary thing to think about. Most people want to feel like they are safe inside their own home but when things like this happen, that feeling is compromised. It’s sad to me that the ex-boyfriend wasn’t even targeting the two girls but they were injured anyways. Today’s society is so dramatic. One person makes us mad and then we decide to go shoot their house. That of logic is absolutely ridiculous and I hope that one day, people actually realize that.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/23615373/children-injured-in-random-shooting