Family recounts shooting that left 8-year-old girl dead - News - GoUpstate
Daniel J. Gross Staff Writer @danieljgross
Lamya Bradley, an 8-year-old visiting her uncle over the weekend, was playing games with her cousin when she was shot and killed. She died after being taken to a hospital. One of the 15 bullets that rattled a two- story Gaffney apartment found the back of Bradley’s head while she was on the couch in front of the living room window . Family members said they are trying to figure out who would do such a thing while police officers are interviewing persons of interest. Wallace A. Montgomery, Bradley’s uncle, was home at the time of the shooting and ran downstairs after hearing the first shots. “I came running down the steps and tried to talk to her and tell her to calm down and breathe slow, and that was it, man,” Montgomery said. “She was laying there covered in blood. I kept talking to her, telling her we’d go to Chuck E. Cheese when this was over… Then her body started shaking .” Coroner Dennis Fowler called the shooting an act of ...