Police are still looking for the men responsible for the drive-by shooting in which a 1-year-old girl was hit.
Police said the incident began with road rage, according to a KIRO-TV report.
“There was some sort of exchange, and the next thing we know is the individuals in the black vehicle exchanged gunfire (at the) silver vehicle,” said a police spokeswoman on the scene.
People in the area heard gunfire at around 4:30pm, the time the baby was struck. “I had just got up from a nap, and the next thing I know I heard ‘boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!’” said Linda Johnston, who lives in an apartment nearby.
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The infant, who was shot in the head during the gunfire exchange, was taken to the hospital and is in grave condition, with the family saying on Thursday that she is brain dead.
Those who know and love Baby Malaja are shocked and upset at this unexpected and unnecessary destruction.
“We need to stop the Seattle violence,” the baby’s uncle, Edmond “Mackie” McNeil, said. “The CD [Central District], south end, whoever, wherever. It’s over. We’re trying to be living for our kids. Everybody needs to live for your kids, now. It’s over. You ain’t no gangster because you want to carry a gun. That’s stupid. Live for your kids. Be a PTA parent. Do something.”