Heartbreaking Tragedy: 10-Year-Old Innocent Victim of New Year’s Stray Bullet – Family Devastated

As police continue to look for the shooter, the family of a 10-year-old girl who was murdered by a stray gunshot during a New Year’s party in northwest Miami-Dade is sharing their sorrow.

Around 12:04 a.m., Yaneliz Munguia unexpectedly passed out while partying with her family outside their Allapattah house in the 2100 block of Northwest 27th Avenue. Miami-Dade Police authorities announced Wednesday.

When her parents began examining her for wounds, they found one on the back of her head. After being taken to a nearby hospital, she was declared dead. On December 26, Munguia became ten years old.

Her father said, “She was the most beautiful,” in Spanish to NBC6 on Thursday. “I’ll never have another like her.” Munguia made him a drawing for Father’s Day, which the father held.

He and her mother recalled how intelligent she was. Her grandfather, Ramon Valdizon, addressed reporters in Spanish on Wednesday night, saying, “It’s very painful losing a family member because we’ll never get to see them again.”

As he recalled Munguia as a contented youngster, the grandfather fought back tears. “Every time I would come over, she would get super happy when she’d see me and today when I came,” he explained.

Further Inquiry

Munguia’s 6-year-old brother, who is constantly inquiring about his older sister, was another topic of discussion with Valdizon. According to him, his daughter must tell his grandson a falsehood regarding her whereabouts.

Authorities think a stray bullet fired into the air by an unidentified individual and from an unidentified location wounded Munguia. Investigators are trying to find the culprit.

After 5-year-old Rickia Isaac was tragically killed by a stray gunshot on New Year’s Eve in Miami in 1997, South Florida authorities had been warning New Year’s celebration attendees not to shoot weapons for decades.

“We speak time and time again every New Year’s about the fact that what goes up must come down and this is a prime example of the dangers of shooting a firearm indiscriminately into the air,” Detective Andre Martin stated.