10-year-old girl pretended to be dead to protect her little brother in a shootout: the rest of her family were killed | the Chronicle

A family from Houston, Texas experienced a nightmare on Wednesday night, when a masked gunman entered his house and murdered three of those present. In the middle of the shooting, one of the girls clung to her one-year-old baby brother and pretended to be dead until the perpetrator left.

With a gunshot wound to her shoulder, the 10-year-old girl locked the front door and made a FaceTime call to her grandma for help. After seeing the tragic scene, the woman called 911. The girl was taken to hospital, where once stabilized, she reported the events to the police:

At 10:30 p.m., someone knocked on the door of 12100 Fondren Road. The mother, identified as Donyavia Lagway, went to the entrance with her one year old baby in her arms. The little survivor said the perpetrator grabbed her younger brother by the hair and bold, then sit the whole family on the sofa.

According to the young girl’s testimony, the criminal proceeded to shoot everyone in the head, killing Donyavia, her husband Gregory Carhée Yes Harmony, one of the girls from 6 years old. Miraculously, the 10-year-old boy dodged the attack and was shot in the shoulder. Without wasting time, she grabbed her little brother and pretended to be dead until the man left.

“she was strong. She was hurt. But my baby came out of nowhere any way to make it happen“, said the miner’s grandmother, Manda Lagway. “I just want everyone to know my baby is a hero. My baby is a hero“said to ABC13, to whom he also confirmed that with the deceased parents he will be responsible for raising the children.

Neighbors mourn the deaths of the three family members, placing balloons at the door of the attacked apartment and demanding that the authorities respond to the tragedy. Houston Police Deputy Director, Patricia cantu, spoke of the tragedy: “It was a very, very tragic scene. We send prayers to the family. It was not only a difficult scene for us, but also for the family”.

Security forces have started the search for the criminal, characterized by the brave miner as a man in his twenties wearing a surgical mask, and they suspect the family have known him since he knocked on the door. One person has already been arrested and police are looking for a second attacker.

The Mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, promised at a press conference that his administration would find the culprit. Turner also addressed the second suspect: “Whoever ain’t detained, I won’t say your name, but you know who you are and so do we“Finner said this Friday.”Let go and face it“.

The tragic case is not an isolated incident: the city faces a historic wave of violence, and last week five children were attacked with guns in the locality. Some were accidentally hit in a shootout, but others were murdered.