Dallas Shooting: 19-year-old charged in 6-year-old girl's death
DALLAS - Dallas police have made one arrest in the deadly shooting of a 6-year-old girl in Old East Dallas.
The girl, Ah’Laynah Modica-Ross, was shot inside a townhome off Fuqua Street and Fitzhugh Avenue Wednesday evening.
Dallas police said Ah’Laynah was with other juveniles inside the home where there was an unsecured gun.
They have not yet said who shot the girl or what happened. Ah’Laynah was taken to a hospital where she died.
On Thursday, police brought in 19-year-old Damariya Sowels as a witness to the shooting.
During the interview, police say he admitted to placing a MAC-10 on top of the PlayStation in the bedroom on the third floor on Tuesday.
After the shooting on Wednesday, investigators say he took the MAC-10, put it in a backpack with a Glock 40 and hid it in the garage of the home.
Sowels was charged with tampering with evidence in connection to the case.
Damariya Sowels
Neighbor Markia Boyd told us her children played with the 6-year-old victim in the past.
"That hurts, because I have a 7-year-old. When I do see them, that's sad," she said.
What appears to be a bullet hole was seen on the third floor of the home between two windows.
Police say there was one other adult in the home along with Sowels.
We are told the victim's mother was not there, and that she was planning a funeral for another one of her children, who was shot days before the new year.
14-year-old Ah'bralen Rider was shot off Harry Hines Boulevard in Oak Lawn and died on New Year's Eve.
Boyd lives in the complex where the shooting happened.
She said she is heartbroken and in shock.
"I’m trying to not cry, actually; I’m not. I’m trying to hold it in. I’m shaking right now," she said. "God has the strong power over all of this. It's a plan behind all of this."
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Sowels is currently being held in the Dallas County jail with his bond set at $104,000.
Police said he also had three outstanding warrants: two for evading arrest detention and one for unlawfully carrying a weapon.