Family Donates Heart Of 5-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot While Sitting On Grandpa’s Lap

Reuters has
reported that the family of a 5-year-old Wisconsin
girl killed in a shooting while siting on the lap mof
her grandpa last week, has donated her heart to
another child. Read more:
Laylah Petersen was shot in the head Thursday
evening as she sat on her grandfather's lap in the
living room of their Milwaukee home. About a
dozen bullets ripped through the home, police and
the station reported.
"She's going to be in our hearts, like her little baby
heart is going to be in somebody else's,"
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said during a news
conference Saturday. "She will always be
remembered – not just by her family, but by that
family that she has given her little heart to."
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is
issuing a reward up to $5,000 for information
leading to a conviction.
Authorities said they did not have a motive nor a
suspect for the shooting, but believe the family
wasn't specifically targeted. "In this case, at this
point, this bullet read, 'to whom it may concern,'"
Milwaukee Police Captain Aaron Rapp said.
On Saturday, Flynn said his department would not
rest until the killers were brought to justice.
Then he pulled a photograph of her out of his left
chest pocket and vowed to keep it close to his
heart, next to a picture of his grandchildren.

Posted By David Aniemeka