Girl, 8, is killed during shooting at birthday party in his yard after ‘all hell broke out’
AN eight-year-old girl was shot and killed in an Ohio home on Friday during a birthday party for a teenager.
Mikayla Pickett, a student at Portage Path Community Learning Center, was killed during the party, which was held in the backyard of a home in Sherbondy Hill, according to the Beacon Journal.
The shooting took place in the 700 block of Roselle Avenue near Manchester Road, where officers responded to reports of gunfire at 11.48pm Friday, police said.
The girl was found with an apparent gunshot wound and was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital, where she later died.
Willie Walker told the Journal he was hosting an outdoor birthday party for his 15-year-old grandson in his backyard when the shooting happened.
“All hell broke out,” he said. “I don’t know what the hell happened.”
Walker said three or four people showed up at the property and started shooting at the partygoers.
“I don’t know know how many shells they took,” he said, referencing police who found multiple casings at the scene.
“A lot of them.”
The Summit County medical examiner's office plans an autopsy, NBC affiliate WFMJ reported.
No arrests have been made.
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