13-Year-Old N.C. Girl Is Fatally Shot While Sitting at Picnic Table with Friends, 4 Men Arrested

Loyalti Allah.Photo: Gofundme

Police who were called to the scene about 8 p.m. in Monroe, N.C., found the girl with a gunshot wound and took her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, Monroe police and the Union County Sheriff’s Office shared in anews release.

The girl’s mother, Yvette Allen, identified her daughter as Loyalti Allah.

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AGoFundMe pagesoliciting donations for the family said Loyalti was shot “as she sat innocently with some friends on a picnic table outside her apartment. Just being a little 13-year-old girl, drinking a soda and talking with friends.”

There appeared to be no other victims.

Shooting suspects Javon Robinson, Jamari McClain, Jamari Crowder and Darius Roland.Union County Sheriff’s Office

Police who recovered the SUVarrested four men on charges of first-degree murder: Robinson along with Darius Roland, 19; Jamari Crowder, 22; and Jamari McClain, 18.

All were being held in Union County jail with no bond listed. It could not be determined if any of the four had retained legal counsel or entered a plea.

“Our officers have done an amazing job in leaving no stone unturned to ensure the individuals who committed this crime are not only identified, but also apprehended and brought to justice,” Monroe Police Chief Bryan Gilliard said in anews release.

“This is such a devastating act that has far-reaching implications that was entirely uncalled for,” he said. “These individuals took an innocent life for absolutely no reason and now a family and community has to live with this forever.”

The victim’s mother sought to find forgiveness for the accused.

“I can’t have hate towards them. They’re babies as well, Allen said, reports WSOC. But she added, “I’m not saying they don’t know right from wrong.”

source: people.com