[ad_1]
Kamiaya Cleveland was killed and two other teen girls were injured in the shooting July 6 at Highlands Hollow Park.
AURORA, Colo. — A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting that killed 14-year-old Kamiaya Cleveland and injured two other people at an Aurora park last month, the Aurora Police Department said.
Police said the shooting happened around 9:15 p.m. July 6, after a fight broke out during a party at Highlands Hollow Park on South Uravan Street. Three victims, a 15-year-old girl and two 14-year-old girls, were taken to the hospital. Kamiaya died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Police said Tuesday that a 17-year-old Denver girl was arrested Friday in connection with the shooting. She was arrested on charges including murder, attempted murder and attempted assault, according to police.
Police said the suspect was in custody in another jurisdiction for an unrelated case when investigators contacted her last week. Because she is under 18, her name is not being released.
Police said they are not looking for any other suspects right now, but they continue to investigate the case.
Kamiaya’s family told 9NEWS she was sitting in the backseat of a friend’s car when she was shot and killed.
She would have turned 15 just weeks later.
“She was supposed to be 15. That was the hardest day thus far [for] having a birthday party that she wasn’t at,” her mom, Krystal Cleveland, told 9NEWS earlier this month.
“That was really hard because her little sister blew out her candles and it’s like, she should have been here to blow out her candles,” said Kandice Cleveland, Kamiaya’s aunt. “It’s just because of a senseless act of violence that she couldn’t do it.”
The family described her as the kind of teenager who would “light up a room.” She loved to cook meals for her family and never left the house without saying, “I love you.”
“For me, it’s her dances. I love her dances. She had a dance for everything,” said Kayla Cleveland, Kamiaya’s aunt. “That’s my memory etched on my heart.”
[ad_2]
Source link
