A 9-year-old Minneapolis girl who had been hit with a stray bullet less than two weeks ago while jumping on a trampoline died Thursday.
Trinity Ottoson-Smith sustained a mortal bullet wound to the head while playing at a birthday party on May 15 and remained hospitalized in critical condition since the incident.
“For the last 12 days, she fought for her life and today that fight ended,” Minneapolis Police Spokesman John Elder said Thursday. “At 4:04 p.m., she was pronounced deceased at the hospital.”
The shooting occurred at around 8:30 p.m. near the victim's friend home. Authorities said that the gunman fired shots from a red Ford that sped away.
Although they received several tips, police said that they have not identified or arrested a suspect in connection with the child’s death.
“Our officers who showed up at this scene with the 9-year-old girl critically injured with a gunshot to her head knowingly violated policy by picking this girl up.”
Elder explained that the cops did so to rush her to a nearby hospital “doing what they could to save her life. That’s who the Minneapolis Police Department is.”
