Shooting Erupts During Shoplifting, Young Girl Waiting on Easter Bunny Hit by Gunfire
What began as a 9-year-old California girl’s trip to a mall for pictures with someone dressed as the Easter Bunny, ended up as a trip to the hospital instead. On Tuesday, Victorville police responded to the Mall of…
What began as a 9-year-old California girl’s trip to a mall for pictures with someone dressed as the Easter Bunny, ended up as a trip to the hospital instead.
On Tuesday, Victorville police responded to the Mall of Victor Valley after a shooting incident left a girl wounded, according to a news release from the Victorville Police Department.
It took a while, but police learned that she was the victim of an accidental shooting.
Police said Marqel Cockrell, 20, who they identified as the co-owner of a store at the mall called Sole Addicts, was chasing two shoplifters out of the store.
As he pursued the shoplifters, Cockrell fired multiple shots at them.
He missed his intended targets, instead hitting the girl, who was later identified by family members as Ava Rose, according to KTTV.
Ava was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center.