911 calls captured the desperate moments after a 10-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet in northwest Miami-Dade during a New Year’s celebration. NBC6’s Kim Wynne reports
911 calls captured the desperate moments after a 10-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet in northwest Miami-Dade during a New Year's celebration.
Weeks later, police are still trying to find the person who fired the gunshot that killed Yaneliz Munguia.
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WATCH HEREShe was ringing in the new year with her family outside their home in the 2100 block of Northwest 27th Avenue in Allapattah when she suddenly collapsed around 12:04 a.m. Wednesday, officials said.
The 911 calls captured the chaos after the girl was shot in the head.
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Her parents started looking her over for injuries and discovered a wound to the back of her head. She was rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Munguia had just turned 10 on Dec. 26. Flowers, candles and a stuffed animal now mark the spot near where she was killed.
"She was a beautiful girl. We give thanks because she was the best daughter we ever had," her father, Carlos, said after she died.
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Police are asking anyone with information to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
