Orlando teen, 15, smiles creepily as he is arrested for murder after a 6-year-old little girl is shot dead in her living room and a 19-year-old man is killed
- Nico Brown, 15, was arrested on first-degree murder charges after Ajahliyah Hashim died of gunshot wounds
- He grinned grimly as he was handcuffed and led into a squad car by Orlando police
A teen in Orlando, Florida smiled eerily as he was arrested for the deaths of a six-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man.
Nico Brown, 15, was arrested on first-degree murder charges after little Ajahliyah Hashim died of gunshot wounds — and grinned grimly as he was handcuffed and led into a squad car by Orlando police.
The ordeal took place on August 29, just before 8:30 p.m., when shots were fired at a house from a moving vehicle.
Ajahliyah Hashim, six, was in her living room at the 1100 block of Poppy Avenue with her mother, who was also hit by the multiple bullets.
According to the police, the mother and young daughter were not the intended victims. The primary school girl died of her injuries.
Nico Brown, 15, was arrested on first-degree murder charges after Ajahliyah Hashim died of gunshot wounds
He grinned grimly as he was handcuffed and led into a squad car by Orlando police
Isaiyah Wright, 19, was also shot dead that same night. It is unclear how he was involved in the ordeal, but died in another hospital.
Dr. Maria Vazquez, superintendent of the Orange County Public Schools, wrote in a statement, “My heart goes out to the Eagle’s Nest Elementary community, which has just lost a 6-year-old student to gun violence (Thursday night).
‘Our students should not live in a world where their lives in their own neighborhood are in danger.
“I can’t imagine the pain Ajahliyah’s family is going through. We cannot accept that these tragedies are all too common in our community.”
The ordeal took place on August 29, just before 8:30 p.m., when shots were fired at a house from a moving vehicle.
A witness told News 6, “I heard the rapid gunfire and I called 911. They were really shooting.
‘She was such a beautiful girl. So quiet. You would like to have (the mother) as a neighbor. No noise, no rabble, her children were very controlled.’
Another neighbor told WFTV, “Pow, pow, pow, pow. I thought it was a machine gun. Poo, poo, poo, poo, poo. They’ve shot down my house before.”
And a third local said bullets hit her house in a separate shooting: “Twice on my house and they were on Facebook saying, ‘I shot down your grandma’s house.’ ”