Sadly, a 17-year-old Brooklyn girl named Laniay Griffin was shot and killed this weekend while in Newark, NJ.
The AP reports:
Authorities say a Brooklyn girl died in a triple shooting that left two other teenagers wounded in New Jersey’s largest city.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray says the gunfire erupted in front of a store on South 14th Street in Newark shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday.
Authorities say 17-year-old Laniay Griffin was killed.
A 15-year girl and a 16-year-old boy were wounded. Their names have not been released.
No other information has been released.
We send our thoughts and prayers to her family during this time.
SOURCE: AP