Louisiana Girl Fatally Shot In New Orleans While Riding In Car With Mom, Sibling

[Sugar Cookie]

A 7-year-old Louisiana girl was shot and killed over the holiday weekend in New Orleans while riding in a car with her mother and sibling, police said.

Dillan Burton was shot in the back around 8:45 p.m. Sunday as her mother was driving through an intersection, police said.

The mother and other child were not injured. Authorities are investigating but no arrests have been made and no motive has been disclosed.

In a joint statement released Monday, Ferguson and Mayor LaToya Cantrell called the child's death "unbearably tragic."

Louisiana girl fatally shot in New Orleans while riding in car with mom, sibling

A 7-year-old girl was shot and killed over the holiday weekend in New Orleans while riding in a car with her mother and sibling, police said.

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According to the NOPD, the mother and her two children were riding in the car near the intersection when the mother said she heard gunfire.

The mother drove to the 1200 block of Milton Street in Gretna and called police. Neighbors said she drove to family who live on Milton Street for help.

"I heard the mother screaming, 'my baby, my baby,'" one neighbor on Milton Street said. She did not want to be identified.

The neighbor watched as emergency responders tried to save the girl.

"I felt really, really bad for the mother. She was distraught, what could you do?" the neighbor said.

The 7-year-old child was rushed to the hospital where she died. The mother and the other child were not injured, according to the NOPD.

7-year-old girl shot and killed while riding in car with mom

Anyone with information on the fatal shooting is asked to call Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 822-1111.

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Stunned and grief-stricken relatives and friends of Dillan Burton — and even strangers who'd never met the sweet 7-year-old New Orleans girl — all had the same question when they learned the news of her tragic shooting death: Why?

"My baby. My baby. My baby. My baby. I need my baby," Dillan's mother, Maquisha Burton, 24, sobbed Monday afternoon. "Why would they do this to my child? Why would they do this to Dillan?"

Maquisha Burton, Dillan and her 6-year-old daughter, Kennedi, were traveling in a car on General De Gaulle Boulevard in Algiers about 8:43 p.m. Sunday when someone opened fire on the vehicle near the intersection with Hendee Street, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

"I was scared," Burton said. "I just heard the sound and tried to get away."

Kennedi suffered some scrapes on her hand from shattered glass. Burton was not injured.

"Dillan didn't deserve this. My baby didn't deserve this," Burton said, crying. "Jesus, why my baby? Why? Why? Why? Why my child?"

Dillan was a quiet and thoughtful little girl who was caring and considerate of other's feelings, according to her family.

"She just wanted everybody else to be happy," Burton said.

Dillan was a second-grader at Success Prep at Thurgood Marshall in New Orleans. She loved to learn and enjoyed going to school. She eagerly did her homework and was a voracious reader who could sound out any word, according to her mother.

Dillan used the computer to access online learning games as often as she could. Her favorite subject was math.

Dillan had recently joined a dance group and was looking forward to marching in her first Mardi Gras parade, next year, Burton said.

But Dillan's greatest love was for her little sister, Kennedi.

"My baby loved her sister," Burton said. "She loved Kennedi. This was her everything."

The sisters could be often found making Tik Tok videos. Kennedi said they both had equal dance skills.

"She was friendly," Kennedi said of her big sister.

Dillan's relatives don't know who killed her or why, whether it was a horrific mistake or intentional. But they are desperate to see justice.

"I just want them to know they took somebody innocent," Burton said. "Somebody who probably give them the shirt off her back. My baby would do anything for anybody."

A GoFundMe has been established to help Dillan Burton's family cover burial costs. Those who wish to donate may do so at https://bit.ly/3HepuCO

'Why would they do this to my child?' asks grieving mom of 7-year-old fatally shot in vehicle

Stunned and grief-stricken relatives and friends of Dillan Burton — and even strangers who'd never met the sweet 7-year-old New Orleans girl — all had the same question when they

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Dillan Burton, right, and her little sister, Kennedi

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Dillan Burton

 

[Ramona the brave]

No word on any suspects??? Should be automatic death penalty for purposely shooting into an occupied home or vehicle. Too many children are getting killed for nothing.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The manhunt for the killers in the case of seven-year-old Dillan Burton intensified Thursday, as family and friends of the little girl gathered at the school she attended to release balloons and remember her.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Superintendent Shaun Ferguson of the New Orleans Police Department did not mince words.

“We are coming and we will find you, we will arrest you,” Superintendent Ferguson said at a press conference Thursday morning. “Once we do that, I am expecting every component of the criminal justice system to do their part to hold these individuals accountable for their actions.”

“This happened in our city. Period. People in our city, who live in our communities, know exactly who did this senseless act,” said Mayor LaToya Cantrell. “There’s no doubt about it.”

On Wednesday, NOPD released the photo of a second suspect vehicle, which at this point their investigation seems to be centered on.

The family tells Fox 8 it was a case of mistaken identity. Supt. Ferguson couldn’t confirm that at Thursday’s press conference, saying that’s part of the investigation.

“We’re not ruling out anything. We are looking at every aspect of this investigation,” Ferguson said.

Right now, the NOPD is asking the public to come forward with information. Mayor Cantrell and Supt. Ferguson said somebody out there knows who did it, and vowed to bring justice to the family of Dillan Burton.

“It really calls upon all of us, the entire public, the family included, to give us any information that they can,” said Mayor Cantrell. “Not only to solve this particular matter, but also to prevent other senseless acts of violence to occur.”

Both Mayor Cantrell and Supt. Ferguson were on hand for a balloon release held at Success Prep at Thurgood Marshall, where Dillan attended school.

Dillan’s family and friends gathered together, tears in their eyes, to honor Dillan’s life, and pray for justice to be served.

‘We are coming, we will find you’: Search for killer of Dillan Burton, 7, intensifies

The manhunt for the killers in the case of seven-year-old Dillan Burton intensified Thursday, as family and friends of the little girl gathered at the school she attended to release balloons and remember her.

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Hopefully the community does the right think and turns who ever is responsible into the police.

Anyone who is helping or protecting those responsible should be prosecuted as well.

 

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The family tells Fox 8 it was a case of mistaken identity. Supt. Ferguson couldn’t confirm that at Thursday’s press conference, saying that’s part of the investigation.

So what child was the right one? Is the family involved in some gang shit that would make them think that it was a case of mistaken identity. Wrong vehicle?