Every year, nearly 3000 children and teens die from gunfire, and nearly 14,000 are injured.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

15-year old girl killed, two other teens wounded, at Connecticut sweet-sixteen party

An image of Keijahnae "Nu Nu" Robinson, age 15, 


A group of teens were at a "sweet sixteen" party in Bridgeport, Connecticut, when two men opened fire on the home.  On the porch were three teenagers.  15-year old Keijahnae "Nu Nu" Robinson was struck in the head and died from her wound.  A 15-year old boy and a 17-year old girl were also wounded, but are recovering.

From an article:
Peppered with questions, Williamson could only answer: "Why my sister? Who's giving out these guns? What happened to that curfew?"
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"We're losing our babies out there," said Newton, whose daughter, Kayla, was a classmate of Robinson's at both the New Life Academy and until Saturday Bullard-Havens Technical High School. "I'm telling families we got to get together and do something. Today it was Nu Nu. Tomorrow it could be your child."
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Not long before the shooting, Robinson and her two friends left a Sweet 16 birthday party at the White Eagle Club on East Washington Avenue. Club security cut the party short after a fight broke out. Everyone was sent home, until a parent invited the departing guests to resume the festivities at her Brooks Street home. Robinson and two friends accepted the invite and were talking on the porch at 449-51 Brooks St. when two gunmen perched at the corner of Stillman and Brooks streets opened fire, striking the trio. Witnesses saw them flee east on Stillman Street in a dark-colored car.

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