8-Year-Old Girl Was Fatally Shot In Crossfire Of Escalating Feud

An 8-year-old girl who was fatally shot in Camden last month was caught up in the middle of an escalating feud, the Courier Post reports.

Gabrielle Carter-Hill was running for safety at a neighbor’s home when gunfire broke out near her house at about 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 24.

However, the intended target of the shooting ran in the same direction. Instead of shooting Amir Dixon, 18-year-old Tyhan Brown ended up shooting Carter-Hill in the head, according to the report.

Carter-Hill was taken to Cooper University Hospital, where she died later that week.

Brown had been coming after Dixon after the rear window of his mother’s car had been shot out earlier that day, Assistant Camden County Prosecutor Christine Shah said during Brown’s first court appearance on Tuesday.

Brown was arrested in Tennessee two weeks ago at a relative’s home. His mother, 35-year-old Shakia Land, and his girlfriend, 19-year-old Natasha Gerald, of Sicklerville, have each been charged with hindering apprehension.

References were also made to a juvenile who may have been involved in the feud, but not the shooting itself.
Brown’s bail was set at $1.5 million cash.

The attached image of Gabrielle Carter-Hill was previously posted on Patch