13-year-old girl killed in Pennsylvania shooting was not intended target, police say

KDKA-TV Evening Forecast (12/8)

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police believe a 13-year-old girl killed in a shooting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, over the weekend was likely not the intended target.

Naryah Wright was shot and killed Sunday following reports of gunfire in the area of South 19th and Derry streets around 12:15 a.m. When police arrived at the scene, they found no victim, but detectives later learned that the 13-year-old girl was taken to a local hospital after being shot. She was rushed into surgery but later died.

At a news conference Monday, CBS affiliate WHP-TV reported that police said the soon-to-be eighth-grader in the Steelton Highspire School District was likely not the intended target of the shooting.

Authorities said, according to the television station, that there had been a party in the area.

“We’re going to get through this,” Steelton Mayor Ciera Dent said at a memorial event Sunday. “Together we’re going to fight. We’re going to cry. We’re going to mourn. We’re going to be angry because everyone has every right to be angry.”

Police are investigating the shooting. It is unclear if there are any suspects, if any arrests have been made or what led to the shooting. Police said there may have been more than one shooter, the television station reported.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Harrisburg police at 717-558-6900.