FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Officials say they have made an arrest in connection to the shooting death of a teenage girl in Fort Lauderdale.
Sixteen-year-old Tanaejah Atterbury was fatally shot during a fight that broke out between two groups of people on Feb. 17 along the 1500 block of Northwest Eighth Avenue.
7News obtained video of the street fight, showing punches flying and hair being pulled as some people on the sidelines witnessed the fight and recorded it on their cellphones. The video captured the moment someone fired the gun, and everyone began running for cover.
Police said 17-year-old Isaiah Frazier opened fire into the crowd, sending onlookers running and striking Tanaejah.
911 calls followed the shooting as people called for police and paramedics.
“There was a fight that broke out and somebody got shot,” said a female caller.
“Where’s the person that was shot?” said the dispatcher.
“She’s on the floor. Come now please,” said the caller.
“Is she breathing? Hello,” said the dispatcher as chaos ensued on the other side of the call.
The caller saw the shooter.
“Where’s the shooter?” said the dispatcher.
“The shooter is over there. They right inside the house. Please come now,” said the panicked caller.
“Give me one moment and what home did they run into?” said the dispatcher.
“Ma’am, I don’t know. I don’t know,” said the caller.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue transported the 16-year-old to Broward Health Medical Center; however, she would tragically succumb to her injuries.
Her mother, Sharday Heller, spoke to 7News, saying her daughter was an innocent bystander.
“I see my baby laying there, and I didn’t know my baby was shot. I had to pick my baby up until I realized she was shot, and she said ‘Mama, I’m OK. Mama, I’m OK,’” said Heller.
Frazier was located and arrested by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s Fugitive Unit on Tuesday.
The arrest provides some much-needed closure to the family.
“Y’all had no right to shoot my baby,” Heller. “She only 16 years old.”
He is now being charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.
Frazier is behind bars at the Broward County Juvenile Assessment Center. He appeared in juvenile court on Tuesday.
It’s unclear if he will be tried as an adult.
Heller said there will be a candlelight vigil on Saturday to honor Atterbury’s life.
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