A seven-month-old girl was shot in the chest and killed during a drive-by shooting in Toledo, Ohio, while she was sitting next to her father in his car.
Desire Hughes was shot on Wednesday night and treated for at least one gunshot wound to the chest before succumbing to her injuries, the Lucas County Coroner’s Office reported.
Her father, Jeremiah Hughes, 20, was grazed by a bullet in the shooting and has since been released from the hospital, mourning his daughter’s death.
Cops believe the shooting to be drugs or gang-related.
‘I was a happy dad, you feelin’ me? She was gonna change my life, man,’ Hughes told the Toledo Blade after coming home on Thursday. ‘That was the one that was gonna change my life.
‘That’s why I’m so sick, I don’t even know what to do,’ he added. ‘My baby… they really took that girl from me.’
No suspects have been identified as the shooting is currently under investigation.
Toledo Police Chief George Kral has urged members of the community to check on their outdoor cameras or doorbell monitors for any clues about the shooting.
‘I’m imploring the community to reach out and help us out,’ Kral told the Blade. ‘I mean this is a 7-month-old child, who has never done anything wrong in her little life… we need justice for this young person.’
Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz condemned the murder of Desire, the fourth homicide reported this week in the Ohio city, suggesting gang violence was involved in the latest killing.
‘No one pulls up to a car and shoots into another car randomly,’ Kapszukiewicz told the Blade.
‘It’s unfair to the 275,000 who live in the city to feel less safe than they should have to because of the 50 people in a gang who are playing out a revenge drama that affects all of us.’
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SOURCE: Daily Mail
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