A 6-year-old girl who was shot in the head Monday evening has died of her injuries, WCCO has learned.
The Minneapolis Police Department says the shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. The child was riding in a car when she was shot. The driver immediately rushed the child to Hennepin Healthcare.
Relatives informed WCCO Wednesday morning that the girl, whose name was Aniya, has died.
Local peace activist KG Wilson says that the child injured in the overnight shooting is his granddaughter. She was riding in her family’s car as she and her mom drove back from McDonald’s, when bullets started flying outside of their North Minneapolis home. One of those bullets hit Aniya in the head.
Her mother carried her daughter into the trauma center following the shooting. On Tuesday, Aniya was breathing through a ventilator and had signs of brain swelling.
Her mother described her daughter as full of life, adding she liked unicorns and loved to make people smile.
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