BLACKLICK, Ohio ( WCMH ) – A 4-year-old girl is dead after a home was shot at early Tuesday.
According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a home on Beardsley Avenue near Blacklick after reports of a targeted shooting. The shooting occurred at the Jefferson Township home around 4:30 a.m.
The sheriff’s office said it was a drive-by shooting and that it was not random.
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The child was reportedly sleeping upstairs when she was shot. The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 5:44 a.m. NBC4 spoke with a friend of the victim’s family. He said they are all just in shock…