The grief-stricken family of 11-year-old Kyhara Tay, who was fatally shot in the Bronx, is asking anyone who knows anything to speak up.
riding a scooter on Monday. Now they are asking anyone who knows anything to speak up.
"We're talking about an 11-year-old girl with her whole future — her whole family devastated with this loss. At this point, we cannot bring her back," Norka Sanchez, Kyhara's aunt, said. "But we want somebody to say something. Please, please, please say something if you know." Kyhara was with family near Westchester Avenue and Fox Street when gunfire erupted at about 4:50 p.m. One round struck her in the abdomen, police said. She then ran into a nail salon where she passed out, according to witnesses.said. The passenger on the scooter fired at the man on the street but missed, Assistant Chief Philip Rivera said at a news conference. Instead, the bullet hit Kyhara.
The NYPD released a security video that shows two people on a scooter zooming down a sidewalk toward someone, presumably their target. The person then doubles back and the scooter zooms past him, the video shows.The NYPD released this video from a security camera showing two men on a scooter chasing a man on a sidewalk in the Bronx; the scooter passenger then fires one shot but misses. Police said he hit an 11-year-old girl who was a bystander.
On Monday night, Assistant Chief Timothy McCormack said police will try to track down the scooter but it is "extremely difficult and time-consuming.""Up to $3,500 payable by Crime Stoppers upon arrest and indictment and $6,500 payable by NYPD upon arrest and conviction of the person responsible for this incident," police said in a release.
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