Memorial Held For 7-Year-Old Killed In Drive-By
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Loved ones gathered Sunday to remember a child killed in a drive-by shooting in Richmond Heights.
A memorial service was held for Amiere Castro at Second Baptist Church in Southwest Miami-Dade. The 7-year-old was shot in the head while watching TV inside of a home last Sunday.
Community leaders said they're working hard to take back the streets from the growing gun violence.
"This is happening far too frequently in our community where we're losing our young, we're losing our youth. It's senseless, it's tragic," said State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. "But I think we all still remain very hopeful that if we're determined to end this senseless violence in our community, we can, we must and we will."
Two days after the child's death, Dravein Duke turned himself into police, who police said opened fire on the home after a drug deal turned sour.
Two others have been arrested in connection to the shooting, as well.
