A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday night after a fight that started on Facebook turned deadly. Police say Kierra'onna Rice was one of a group of girls who agreed to meet in a park for a planned brawl, Al.com reports. But the fight, which allegedly started weeks ago on Facebook, ended up claiming the 14-year-old's life when two male suspects fired into the crowd of feuding girls, according to Wiat. "This was an absolutely senseless killing," Birmingham Police Lt. Sean Edwards told Al.com. "They took it upon themselves to fire recklessly into a crowd.
- 3/2/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday night after a fight that started on Facebook turned deadly. Police say Kierra'onna Rice was one of a group of girls who agreed to meet in a park for a planned brawl, Al.com reports. But the fight, which allegedly started weeks ago on Facebook, ended up claiming the 14-year-old's life when two male suspects fired into the crowd of feuding girls, according to Wiat. "This was an absolutely senseless killing," Birmingham Police Lt. Sean Edwards told Al.com. "They took it upon themselves to fire recklessly into a crowd.
- 3/2/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in Chicago on Sunday evening - and his family says Facebook posts are to blame. Anthony Diaz was out with his two older sisters when he was fatally shot in the chest, police tell People. He'd followed the girls into a physical fight over some Facebook posts and ended up paying for it with his life. "It would never cross your mind that something like this would happen," his stepfather Ralph Otero told the Chicago Tribune. The teen was using his phone to record the encounter when he was gunned down. He was transported to Mt.
- 2/10/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in Chicago on Sunday evening - and his family says Facebook posts are to blame. Anthony Diaz was out with his two older sisters when he was fatally shot in the chest, police tell People. He'd followed the girls into a physical fight over some Facebook posts and ended up paying for it with his life. "It would never cross your mind that something like this would happen," his stepfather Ralph Otero told the Chicago Tribune. The teen was using his phone to record the encounter when he was gunned down. He was transported to Mt.
- 2/10/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
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