An 11-years old from Wisconsin was shot and killed at her apartment on Tuesday and police arrested 15 years old suspect.
On Tuesday, September 28 after the girl was shoot the boy was arrested and booked on a tentative charge of first-degree reckless homicide. It was later found that the girl shot was the suspect’s sister.
According to the Fitchburg Police Department, police officers and emergency medical personnel responded to a report of a person who had been shot at an apartment in the Curry Court neighborhood shortly after 9:30 p.m.
When the police arrived they found 11 years victim who identified as carolanah Schenk, who was transported to the local hospital but later died from her injuries.
On the scene police arrested a 15-years-old suspect. he was brought into temporary custody at the Dane County Juvenile Reception Center on a tentative charge of Homicide by Negligent Handling of a Dangerous Weapon.
On Wednesday, September 29, the girl’s parents released a statement asking for prayers “as we deal with the tragic loss of our daughter.”
The family added
“Our 11-year daughter passed away last night and our family is mourning the loss of our beautiful little girl,” the statement read in part. “Our daughter was only in the 6th grade and was a student at Forest Edge Elementary School.”
“Our daughter loved playing video games with her brothers and father. She loved arts and crafts, loved dogs and enjoyed posting funny pictures and videos of herself and others on Tik Tok and Instagram. Our daughter meant the world to us and this has devastated our family”.
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