A 5-year-old girl who was riding with her family to a restaurant for a birthday party outside San Francisco was killed Saturday in a highway shooting, according to authorities and friends.
Authorities stated that the girl’s family flagged down a California Highway Patrol officer who was conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 880 to request assistance after the girl was shot in the backseat.
San Francisco officials discuss i-880 shooting
The victim was identified as 5-year-old Eliyanah Crisostomo on a GoFundMe page created by a family friend. On April 21, she would have celebrated her own birthday.
“Thirty seconds after a bullet struck their 5-year-old daughter, she passed away,” wrote organizer Jeff McGrew. Investigators are making every effort to determine who committed this crime.
It occurred around 6:40 p.m. on I-880 near Fremont, and she later succumbed to her injuries in the hospital.
San Francisco officer was approached by victims of a shooting on an interstate who reported that a child in their vehicle had been struck by gunfire. The 5-year-old girl was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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Police investigating separate Fremont shooting
Officers from the Santa Cruz Police Department later assisted in stopping a vehicle and recovering a gun that three suspects allegedly threw out of a window on Highway 17.
Uncertain as to whether their arrest was related to the shooting. State police, who are leading the investigation into I-880, have stated that they are still investigating.
On the same evening, Fremont police were also investigating a separate shooting that occurred minutes earlier on Fremont Boulevard.
Police stated in a statement that the shooting may have been gang-related and that the intended victim was not injured.
Eliyanah’s death on a Fremont highway occurred after the county’s district attorney told the family of another child’s alleged killers that she was exploring ways to keep them out of prison.
In an email sent to a community member and obtained by local media, Alameda County District
Attorney Pamela Price, whose campaign was backed by billionaire progressive donor George Soros, made the remarks.
In 2021, Jasper Wu, age one, was killed in the crossfire of a gang shootout on Interstate 880. Three of the four suspects were indicted for murder.
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