Months after sister slain, 5-year-old Baltimore girl shot
BALTIMORE (AP) — In the latest example of the punishing cost of Baltimore's gang violence, a 5-year-old girl whose older sister was fatally shot in a spray of gunfire earlier this year was herself injured in the crossfire of bullets.
Identified by relatives and local news outlets as Amy Hayes, the child suffered a gunshot wound to the groin as she walked to a corner store Monday evening in West Baltimore. She was rushed to a hospital for treatment and was reported in stable condition Tuesday after surgery.
In what appears to be a tragic coincidence, the wounded girl is the younger sister of Taylor Hayes, a 7-year-old who succumbed to gunshot injuries in July after being shot while in the backseat of a family friend's car.