MIAMI (WSVN) - A family’s passionate plea for help is growing stronger as another month goes by without an arrest in the killing of a 6-year-old girl.
Chassidy Saunders was killed on Jan. 16 in the area of Northwest Sixth Place near 54th Street, in Miami.
According to City of Miami Police, Saunders was attending another child’s birthday party when the gunman or gunmen fired bullets toward a crowd of women and children, striking her. She was transported to Ryder Trauma, where she later died.
Now, just over five months since her death, Saunders’ family, along with the Miami Police chief and state attorney, are pleading with the public to help them find who took her young life.
“We cannot allow callous young men to casually kill our children,” said Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
Saunders’ family said the past five months without an arrest has been painful, but the hardest part is explaining her death to her younger brother.
“I have to hear my youngest child ask me, ‘How did Chassidy die?’ ‘When is she coming back?’ ‘Where is she?’ ‘How is she doing?'” said the father. “That hurts. Words can’t explain, or I don’t know what to say to him ’cause he’s so young. He understands, but he doesn’t.”
Miami Police Chief Art Acedevo had this message for anyone with information that can lead to the shooter.
“The one thing we know that anyone that considers themselves a man that has information on the death of a child comes forward,” he said, “and so our challenge today, on behalf of this family, on behalf of Chassidy, on behalf of the next family that this fool’s going to impact, is that say something.”
If you have any information about this fatal shooting, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $12,000.
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