One student is in custody, another six are in shock after
watching a 13-year-old girl being shot aboard their school bus Tuesday
morning in Homestead, Fla.
And according to The
Associated Press, an unidentified male student is in custody for the
crime. “It’s traumatic, and now you are going to have to question them
and ask them what they saw,” said Miami-Dade County police detective
Alvaro Zabaleta. “It’s a sad situation.”
Cops walked next to the
bus with dazed students including the 7-year-old sister of the teenage
girl who was shot an unknown number of times and airlifted to Miami
Children’s Hospital, where she died from her injuries. Other officers
combed the scene for clues and gathered the students’ belongings.
Police
have released little information about what they believe sparked this
deadly early-morning incident, which happened about 6:45 and just a few
minutes away from the victim’s school.
The shooting occurred on a
private bus that was dropping off both elementary and middle school
students to three separate schools. Police believe one of the students
on the bus brought the weapon onboard but have said little, including
whether the shooting was accidental or deliberate.
A firearm was
recovered on the scene and all of the students, plus the bus driver,
were transferred to the homicide unit, where Miami-Dade County police
had to begin the delicate task of questioning the students about what
happened.
The bus did not have a surveillance camera. Grief
counselors were dispatched to Palm Glades Preparatory Academy, which the
victim attended.
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