Omaha teen shot, killed 'like she was nobody,' mom says

[Omaha Steve]

Many of you know I'm a Metro Conference basketball regular. I know all the coaches and most players. I saw this young girl play ball. She had the smarts to be anything she wanted to be in life. I have no idea why somebody ended her future with gunfire.

OS

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121101/NEWS/711019923/1685#omaha-teen-shot-killed-like-she-was-nobody-mom-says

By Maggie O'Brien

Eriana Carr was one of those students who was destined to be somebody.

“As soon as you met her, you instantly felt a connection,” Benson High Principal Anita Harkins-Baldwin said Wednesday. “She was a fabulous student.”

Carr, a popular 16-year-old cheerleader, basketball player and honors student, was gunned down Tuesday night outside her home at 3505 Redick Ave.

She and her cousin Nakia Johnson, 20, had taken a walk and were about to open the family's front gate to go inside when the assailants — inside a car parked across the street — rolled down a window and opened fire.

FULL story at link.



Eriana Carr

[Arctic Dave]

1. Terrible tragedy.

It boggles the mind.

[abelenkpe]

2. So sad

RIP Eriana.

[riderinthestorm]

3. Recced for her life, her passion, the destroyed potential and the anger I feel reading this.

Just a terrible waste and a hideous tragedy. I hate these kinds of stories but must kick and rec for everyone to honor this poor girl, trying to make a better life in the squalor....

[onehandle]

4. Now is not the time to talk about cross-state gun sales and gun show straw purchases.

Just writing copy for the NRAGOP.

[naaman fletcher]

10. Was the gun in question a gun show straw purchase?

[onehandle]

12. Quiet, gun-grabber. Don't question the copy. nt

[geckosfeet]

13. My guess is, that anyone who shoots people down in the street probably did not get

a carry permit and go out gun shopping.

Then again, it could have been a perfectly legal gun owner having a bad hair day.

Either way, somethings messed up.

[former-republican]

5. Case of mistaken identity

MO sounds gang related.

very sad

[TuxedoKat]

6. How horribly sad

What a lovely girl -- a terrible loss for us all as a society.

[skeewee08]

7. My heart goes out to the parents & family's of both young ladies

RIP Eriana....

[Whovian]

8. I so hate to read stories like this. It always takes tears.

Why?

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Just horrible. I am so sorry for her family and friends dealing with this crushing loss.

[GoneOffShore]

11. Terrible -

I see these kinds of killings in much the same way that I see the killings and maiming of students in the Middle East.

They are done to discourage learning.

[Octafish]

14. Heartbreaking. Unusual in Omaha, a frequent tragedy in too many cities.

Pastor Ovella Andreas in Detroit started CODE 22, a movement to stop the seemingly unending and absolutely needless violence by making the 22nd day of each month an official No Violence Day. Detroit and seven other Michigan cities have signed on. The hope is to make the 22nd the first, then spread it to all days.

http://michigancitizen.com/code-22-no-violence-day-what-does-it-mean/

I am most sorry for the loss of Ms. Carr. Our world has lost infinitely.

[juajen]

15. OMG, how horrible. She looks so in love with life and had a wonderful future. I just don't

understand; but just know it was probably a disgruntled male. I know, but most murders are committed by men, so sue me!