13-year-old shot, killed Monday in NW Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A 13-year-old girl was shot and killed on Monday in northwest Oklahoma City and police are trying to put together the details surrounding her death while searching for suspects.
A’moni Young was just 5 days away from her 14th birthday according to an Oklahoma City Police Department news release.
"This is sad these days,” neighbor Joe Cotton said.
Cotton has lived in the area of the shooting near NW 122nd Street and Western Avenue for 40 years. He said this is the first time he’s seen a crime scene there.
"That don't make any sense,” Cotton said.
It started around 1:40 a.m. Monday. Police got a call to a shooting off NW 118th Street. When they got there, they found Young shot in the front yard.
"She was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries,” Lt. Jeff Cooper with the Oklahoma City Police Department said in an interview on scene early Monday morning.
From there, witness interviews led them to a search soon after.
"Several suspects did run from the scene, and we do have Air One and our canines on the ground looking for the suspects at this time,” Cooper said on scene.
Police are still searching for answers surrounding her death as to how and why it all happened. So is Cotton as he said he’s doesn’t understand how something like that could happen top someone so young.
"She don't even get a chance to even see her have kids, grandkids, anything. I mean, you know, people don't look at things like that, it's a sad situation. This generation is going crazy,” he said.
Police said they don’t have any suspect descriptions right now. Anyone with information is encouraged to call police.