A teenage girl was shot dead by a 9-year-old boy in a "fight over a Gatorade bottle," according to her family.
Nykayla Strawder, 15, was found dead of gunshot wounds on her porch by her family.
They said the nine-year-old "accidentally" shot a teenage boy in the head before dropping the gun and fleeing the scene.
Nykayla was taken to hospital, but she later died.
Police later discovered that the firearm was registered to the family of a boy who worked as a security guard.
Nykayla's loved ones held an all-night rally on Tuesday to pay tribute to her teenage girl and express her displeasure with the investigation into her death.
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WBAL-TV)Her father Don Tay Jones is next to WBAL-T V I'm talking like this. How does it feel to find my child murdered on my porch, on her own porch? Taking it away from her, he pointed the pistol at my child's head and brutally murdered him when she turned and demanded a Gatorade.
"I wasn't playing with guns."
In an interview with the Baltimore Sun, he added: The girl's father, Dontay Jones, demanded that the family of a 9-year-old girl be held accountable for leaving an unprotected gun within reach of the girl ( Image:
"Knowing there are children in the house, there is no excuse not to keep the gun hidden.
"Our daughter will never come back. I will look down at my daughter in her coffin. I will never see her smile again."
Maryland law. means that leaving a gun available to minors is a misdemeanor, punishable by a $1,000 fine.
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