Sleeping Girl, 6, Killed By Stray Bullet
Pastor Dale Morgan
Sleeping Girl, 6, Killed By Stray Bullet*
POSTED: 3:25 pm PDT October 16, 2007
UPDATED: 4:01 pm PDT October 16, 2007
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A 6-year-old girl sleeping on her living room couch was
struck and killed by a bullet that was fired through the front door of
her home, sheriff's deputies said.
Analissa Monarea-Leon died shortly after being taken to a Tucson
hospital, Pima County sheriff's Sgt. James Ogden said.
She was in the home with her mother, her boyfriend and two siblings when
the shot slammed through the door at about 5 a.m. Tuesday, Odgen said.
"The person who did this must turn himself in," Ogden said outside the
Southwest Tucson home.
A Tucson Unified School District official said Analissa was a student at
nearby White Elementary School and crises teams were on the scene by
9:30 a.m.
"No one is ready to comment," TUSD spokeswoman Karen Bynum said of the
school's students or faculty. "The emotions are too raw. They would just
break down.
Analissa's mother was sleeping in another room, Ogden said. She and her
boyfriend had heard gunfire and got up to investigate, only to find the
child mortally wounded.
Two other children in the house were unharmed, Ogden said.
Authorities said the mother's boyfriend was arrested at the hospital on
a felony warrant for a probation violation involving weapons misconduct.
Department of Corrections records indicate Johnathan Rodriguez was
released from prison in October 2006 after serving two years for
aggravated assault, according to the Tucson Citizen.
Deputies said they are investigating an earlier incident between two
vehicles that erupted into gunfire.
One was a newer model Chevrolet Tahoe and the other was an Oldsmobile
sedan, according to the newspaper.
Ogden said he was unsure if the earlier incident was connected to the
shooting that killed the girl, but investigators are looking for both
vehicles.
People with information about the fatal shooting or the two vehicles
should call law enforcement authorities at 88-CRIME.