TIANA RICKS - 6 yo / Accused: Keandre Narkie Johnson - Victorville, CA

Girl, 6, Fatally Shot; Father Wounded in Moreno Valley

By Brandon Lowrey Monday, Sep 9, 2013

Authorities have identified a 6-year-old girl who died early Sunday after being shot at a Moreno Valley home.

Tiana Ricks of Victorville died just after midnight on Sunday, about 2 1/2 hours after being shot in the 25000 block of Harker Lane in Moreno Valley, according to the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner.

Her father was also wounded in the attack, relatives told NBC4. The 26-year-old man, whose name was not released, was hospitalized in stable condition, sheriff's officials said.

Relative LeShawn Cook said Tiana was holding her father's leg when men approached and opened fire.

Tiana apparently didn't realize she had been shot. The little girl kept asking if her father was OK, Cook said.

Sheriff's officials would not confirm that the wounded man was the girl's father.

Deputies urged anyone with information about the apparent homicide to call the sheriff's homicide unit at 951-955-2777 or the sheriff's Moreno Valley station at 951-486-6700.

City News Service contributed to this report.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Girl-Fatally-Shot-Man-Wounded-222899791.html

The father had just moved there from Indiana.  Sad another little angel gone.  They of course don't have the death penalty.  William

Suspect in 6-Year-Old's Slaying To Appear in Court
The young girl was gunned down at a family party
Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a gang member with the murder of 6-year-old Tiana Ricks, who was gunned down at a relative's home in Moreno Valley this month, authorities said.

Keandre Narkie Johnson, 21, was charged with murder, attempted murder and participation in a criminal street gang, according to a Riverside County District Attorney's office statement. The charges also carry special-circumstance allegations, which would lengthen his sentence if he is found guilty.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies arrested Johnson in Hemet about 4 p.m. Monday. Numerous tips came in after the shooting, leading detectives to Johnson, according to the statement.

On Sept. 7, Tiana Ricks was with her father, Tyrell Ricks, at a family celebration for a cousin who was going away to college. They went into their relative's open garage, where people were gathered, when two men stormed up the driveway and opened fire into the crowd.

Tyrell Ricks, 26, took a bullet to the pelvis. Tiana was fatally wounded.

The shooting was especially mysterious for the 26-year-old father who recently moved to California from the Midwest. Tyrell Ricks said he had no gang ties, and didn't know anyone outside of his family in Moreno Valley.

The young girl's fatal shooting shocked the region and prompted people on social giving websites, and rappers Snoop Lion and The Game, to donate money to her family to cover funeral costs.

The Game, whose name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, said he read about the girl's death while in Australia and immediately felt moved to help.

"This very sad story hit me in a place nothing ever has," he wrote on Instagram.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Tiana-Ricks-6-Year-Old-Girl-Shot-Killed-Moreno-Valley-Arrest-Made-224158851.html

There have been so many of these senseless murders of children lately.  These thugs think guns re toys.  The wrong people, the innocent ones are paying for their stupidity and evilness.