{"id":62861,"date":"2025-06-05T15:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62861"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:56:34","slug":"7-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62861","title":{"rendered":"7-Year-Old Girl\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-194.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-194.png 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-194-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A 7-year-old girl is in critical condition after a stray bullet went through her home and struck her in the right side of her brain while she was sleeping in the neighborhood of Brewer Circle in South Carolina, police said<br>The suspect in the shooting, who was allegedly involved in the drive-by in which the gunshot originated, is still at large, and police are asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying and capturing the person<br>\u201cThe 7-year-old did not deserve this careless act of violence. We are heartbroken that this little girl is suffering due to the actions of someone who had no regard for the life of others,\u201d police said in their statement<br>A 7-year-old girl is fighting for her life following a \u201cdrive-by shooting\u201d that resulted in a stray bullet going through her home and striking her in the right side of her brain while she was sleeping in South Carolina, according to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pageland Police Department shared on social media on Sunday, June 1 that the 7-year-old, identified as Skylar Baker by ABC News \u2014 was in critical condition after a drive-by shooting occurred at around 1:17 a.m. local time in Brewer Circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said they arrived on the scene to find the 7-year-old with a \u201cgunshot wound,\u201d and said that she was \u201cairlifted\u201d to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police noted on social media that they have not yet been able to make any arrests in connection to the shooting, and are asking for help from the community to identify and capture the suspects. In a statement, police said they hoped someone would come forward with \u201canswers as to who was involved in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WUCvmDz8kDE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe 7-year-old did not deserve this careless act of violence. We are heartbroken that this little girl is suffering due to the actions of someone who had no regard for the life of others,\u201d police said in their statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-195.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-195.png 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-195-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pageland Police Department told PEOPLE it had no additional comment on the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police told Queen City News that someone drove by Brewer Circle firing shots. Baker\u2019s mother, Essence Chambers, told ABC News that the bullet went through their home and struck the 7-year-old, hitting her brain while she was sleeping. She said her daughter is still in critical condition and remains on a ventilator as of Tuesday, June 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"&#039;We are heartbroken&#039; | 7-year-old injured after drive-by shooting\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WUCvmDz8kDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Baker\u2019s neighbors, Melissa Massey, told WSOC-TV that drive-bys were \u201cunheard of\u201d in the area. \u201cDrive-bys? Maybe [a] shooting. Maybe, but drive-bys, that\u2019s crazy,\u201d she told the outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essence described her daughter to ABC News as a \u201cball of energy\u201d and \u201chappy child\u201d and asked for \u201ceverybody to keep praying for her.\u201d Her sister Kiara Chambers described Baker to Queen City News as someone who was \u201cso full of life\u201d and who was \u201cloved by everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t deserve this, nobody deserves this,\u201d Kiara told the outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference on Monday, June 1, Pageland Police Department Chief Dean Short described the incident as a \u201cterrible thing, especially in a small community,\u201d and called for the community to \u201ctake a stand against this type of violence,\u201d per ABC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62843\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 7-year-old girl is in critical condition after a stray bullet went through her home and struck her in the right side of her brain while she&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62864,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62861\/revisions\/62864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}