Six-year-old shooting victim was pride of her family

She loved school, loved learning. She was very intelligent. She was just a lovely little girl. Alazia Alford was 6 years old and full of joy. Deveon Alford, 11, holds a photo of his sister, Alazia, a Saratoga Elementary first-grader who was fatally shot Friday evening. via Omaha World-Herald

[ALAZiA]

*THE WHOLE WHOLE STORY BOUT ALAZIA ALFORD* WE LUV U ALAZIA
Body: OMAHA, Neb.-- The family of a girl shot to death Friday evening mourned and remembered on Saturday. Omaha police arrested two teenage boys for their alleged roles in the death of 6-year-old Alazia Alford Friday evening. "Someone took my little sister," said Alazia's brother, Deveon Alford. "I mean, killed my little sister." The family watched video and went through photographs of the girl's life on Saturday. They showed a fiery, feisty girl who was full of life. "My girls and her would just dance and dance and dance away," said Alazia's cousin, Kanishia Alford. "I'm (going to) be able to hear her voice forever," said cousin Ashia Alford. "But it's just going to be the same words laying over and over." "Every time she left anyone, she would always hug and kiss, always tell you that she loved you," said Kanishia Alford. "She was a very loving little girl -- very precious 6-year-old girl that didn't deserve this." Witnesses to Friday's shooting reported hearing five gunshots in the area near 14th and Spencer around 5 p.m. Friday. Then, they said, they saw a gray car driving erratically. When it pulled over, they could see the back window of the car had been shot out. "They picked the girl up and put her on the ground out of the car, started trying to revive her, saying,'She's been shot, she's been shot,'" said Ronald Jackson. Chuck Oldham did CPR on Alford. "When I tried to get her to breathe, I heard the gurgling in her stomach. I was pretty sure she was gone then," said Oldham, who was extremely somber after the ordeal. He lives in the area and immediately ran to help. Neighbors said two other people were slightly wounded by gunshots, including 19-year old Maya Mack, who was hit in the hand, and 17-year-old Breanna Russ, who was grazed by a bullet. Alford was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died. Allen Merritt, father of the 6-year-old, said everyone called her "Le Le." Merritt was still trying to gather details of the violence as he rushed to University of Nebraska Medical Center Friday night. "It's my baby, man. It's my daughter. It's my heart," Merritt said. He said Alford was shot once on the chest and the bullet went through her body. The girl was a first-grade student at Omaha's Saratoga Elementary School. "My baby -- she resting," Merritt said. "She in a better place, but I can't be at ease about that. I can't lie to you. I can't be at ease about that." Omaha police arrested Jordan M. Goodwin, 14, of Omaha, late Friday night. Goodwin was booked into the Douglas County Youth Center for criminal homicide and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Investigators called him their principle suspect. Shortly after Goodwin's arrest, a felony arrest warrant was issued for Michael Coleman, 19, of Omaha. Around 9:20 a.m. Saturday, Coleman turned himself into Omaha police headquarters. He was booked on a charge of first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Omaha police Officer Bill Dropinski said Coleman is the second principle suspect involved in the homicide of Alford and felony assaults of Mack and Russ. Dropinski said additional charges are pending as the Douglas County attorney continues to review the investigation. A Nebraska Medical Center representative said on Saturday that a fight took place outside the emergency room Friday night. The representative said that while it did involve someone who had come to visit Alazia, he apparently attacked someone who was there dropping off another person unrelated to the shooting.

[MYSTERY]

I THINK TAT IS SO WRONG WHAT THEY DID TO ALIZIA I HOPE THET SIT IN JAIL AND GO TO HELL GOD BLESS THAT FAMMILY I KNOW THEY GO THROW SOME HARD TIMES CAUSE I DID WHEN I LOST MY CHILD

[citybeat]

Is this the little girl whose mother is in jail, who was sobbing brokenheartedly, penitently during the televised interview? Can someone go minister to her? Is there any way she can attend the funeral or at least have a videotape of it and a flower from the casket for some closure?

One of the mother's comments especially struck me: "If I had been there, this would not have happened." I thought about that fact, that the little girl might have been home with Mom instead of sitting in a car somewhere.

God hears your cries...keep asking Him for comfort. May your story help keep other mothers at home with their children.

[Maurielle]

I am so sorry 4 what happened, ive seen her at the boys n girls club sometimes .....?////

[ashia ALFORD]

I LOVE YOU ALAZIA MAN U ARE FOREVER MISSED I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY REALLY TOOK U FROM US LOVE YOU BOO!--COUSIN ASHIA ALFORDXOXOX!

[Yo Big Cuzzo]

Man Le Le im ganna miss u so much. Man y u Alazia i cant believe u gone 4eva but u gone n neva 4gotton remember that much LOVE U BUNCHES!

[Chantrelle]

Man so many hard times wit you gone i juts rememberd just when you was ova Antie Zetta house and we was all dancing you me tiera,teionna,adn keashia. I so lost in word that you gone boo there will never be nobody to replace you in life so you in a better place now and im always going to love you always and forever So welcome to the good life Lay-Lay

[brandy]

i miss u baby cuzzo but i will alwayz rememba yooh n u will neva b 4gotten

[TEONA ALFORD]

lay lay i wil always mis you remember when it was just me and you all summer hangin out at ma house n i mean all summer then when ma mom come we go to the boys n girls club i wish you was still here i got so many unanswered questions you is ma lil cousin but you was more like a sister to me in ma sisters imma allways miss you n miss the time me n you spend together because you wasnt affrid to be you n always showed you n nobody else and you never had fear for no one but got im glad you in heaven lil sister n i will always foreva love you you ma angel n thats way we made you a dance group ~teona~.

[Capt Jack 1776]

In the Arms of Angels second star to the right and straight on to mourning.Good journey little one.

[Peyton Suggs]

We gonna miss you LayLay

[ashia ALFORD]

REST IN PARADISE LAY LAY

[BIG COUSIN ASHIA ALFORD]

LOVE YOU ALWAYS! AND YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTOEN!
MISSING YOU
It seems like just yesterday I talked to you over the phone
O’ girl how I wish you could just come back home I still have our last conversation playing over and over in my head
O’ how I wish I could have told you I loved you before you rested your head
Everyday I sit and think of the things we once had
And I just wanted to let you know that I loved you more even when you made me mad
You were my heart and you still are
And I know your watching over me from a far
Words can’t explain how I’m feeling now that your gone
I mean you were happy, full of life and head strong
Everytime I look at your pictures, I swear I cry O’ how I wish I didn’t have to say goodbye.
You will be missed and you will always live within me
Alazia I love you, Rest in Peace.-love ashia-

[Tay]

R.i.P AlAZiA!!We miss you so much and life aint the same with out you!Every morning Me,Tierra,Teona,Kiaja,Que, & NiNi wake up trynna figure out how we gone go on with our day knowing that you gone!!!We holdin it down for you!And made up a dance group called "Little Laylay Angels",you in a better place!I wish I could hold you down and hear your voice 1 more time.You had a special place in every body heart,I just wish you was here!Im still trynna ask God why you?So INOCENT AND INDEPENDENT!I remeber when you stoll them cookies from that little stand at the boy and girls clubb and you got caught,and you had to pay 4 em!You was a lil sumthin,I miss you so much laylay!I mean words cant even explain how i feel!I cant wait till i see you again!!!The day that you stol them cookies i told you i would c u later,But i guess I was 2 late!Dang i wish i was there with you when it went down!**SWEET DREAMS LAYLAY**[[KEEP RESTIN IN PARADISE! IMMA BE THERE SOON]]

[enonomous]

everybody blames one person y? there were two other suspects that were involed and the fingure gets pointed at jordan.this is crazy i am hurt that this little girl lays to rest which is a better place, but she shouldnt be there that earlie. how do people know exactly who did it.They said micheal comelm fired shots to so why is jordan blamed for it.This should not be over there is more to be said.nothing is really being said about Micheal.Now he feels that he can point the fingure to because every one can blame jordan!

[ashia ALFORD]

enonomous wrote:

everybody blames one person y? there were two other suspects that were involed and the fingure gets pointed at jordan.this is crazy i am hurt that this little girl lays to rest which is a better place, but she shouldnt be there that earlie. how do people know exactly who did it.They said micheal comelm fired shots to so why is jordan blamed for it.This should not be over there is more to be said.nothing is really being said about Micheal.Now he feels that he can point the fingure to because every one can blame jordan!

IT DOESN'T MATTER THEY BOTH GONE LAY IT DOWN MY LITTLE COUSIN IS NEVER GOING TO RETURN THEY SHOULD BE HAPPY THEY BREATHING

[ALFORD]

enonomous wrote:

everybody blames one person y? there were two other suspects that were involed and the fingure gets pointed at jordan.this is crazy i am hurt that this little girl lays to rest which is a better place, but she shouldnt be there that earlie. how do people know exactly who did it.They said micheal comelm fired shots to so why is jordan blamed for it.This should not be over there is more to be said.nothing is really being said about Micheal.Now he feels that he can point the fingure to because every one can blame jordan!

ARE YOU SERIOUS?! This is what you wanted to talk about.

[WRAITH09]

ALAZiA wrote:

*THE WHOLE WHOLE STORY BOUT ALAZIA ALFORD* WE LUV U ALAZIA
Body: OMAHA, Neb.-- The family of a girl shot to death Friday evening mourned and remembered on Saturday. Omaha police arrested two teenage boys for their alleged roles in the death of 6-year-old Alazia Alford Friday evening. "Someone took my little sister," said Alazia's brother, Deveon Alford. "I mean, killed my little sister." The family watched video and went through photographs of the girl's life on Saturday. They showed a fiery, feisty girl who was full of life. "My girls and her would just dance and dance and dance away," said Alazia's cousin, Kanishia Alford. "I'm (going to) be able to hear her voice forever," said cousin Ashia Alford. "But it's just going to be the same words laying over and over." "Every time she left anyone, she would always hug and kiss, always tell you that she loved you," said Kanishia Alford. "She was a very loving little girl -- very precious 6-year-old girl that didn't deserve this." Witnesses to Friday's shooting reported hearing five gunshots in the area near 14th and Spencer around 5 p.m. Friday. Then, they said, they saw a gray car driving erratically. When it pulled over, they could see the back window of the car had been shot out. "They picked the girl up and put her on the ground out of the car, started trying to revive her, saying,'She's been shot, she's been shot,'" said Ronald Jackson. Chuck Oldham did CPR on Alford. "When I tried to get her to breathe, I heard the gurgling in her stomach. I was pretty sure she was gone then," said Oldham, who was extremely somber after the ordeal. He lives in the area and immediately ran to help. Neighbors said two other people were slightly wounded by gunshots, including 19-year old Maya Mack, who was hit in the hand, and 17-year-old Breanna Russ, who was grazed by a bullet. Alford was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died. Allen Merritt, father of the 6-year-old, said everyone called her "Le Le." Merritt was still trying to gather details of the violence as he rushed to University of Nebraska Medical Center Friday night. "It's my baby, man. It's my daughter. It's my heart," Merritt said. He said Alford was shot once on the chest and the bullet went through her body. The girl was a first-grade student at Omaha's Saratoga Elementary School. "My baby -- she resting," Merritt said. "She in a better place, but I can't be at ease about that. I can't lie to you. I can't be at ease about that." Omaha police arrested Jordan M. Goodwin, 14, of Omaha, late Friday night. Goodwin was booked into the Douglas County Youth Center for criminal homicide and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Investigators called him their principle suspect. Shortly after Goodwin's arrest, a felony arrest warrant was issued for Michael Coleman, 19, of Omaha. Around 9:20 a.m. Saturday, Coleman turned himself into Omaha police headquarters. He was booked on a charge of first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Omaha police Officer Bill Dropinski said Coleman is the second principle suspect involved in the homicide of Alford and felony assaults of Mack and Russ. Dropinski said additional charges are pending as the Douglas County attorney continues to review the investigation. A Nebraska Medical Center representative said on Saturday that a fight took place outside the emergency room Friday night. The representative said that while it did involve someone who had come to visit Alazia, he apparently attacked someone who was there dropping off another person unrelated to the shooting.

BLAH BLAH BLAH GET OVER IT

[QuaNiquia Damper]

ALAZiA wrote:

*THE WHOLE WHOLE STORY BOUT ALAZIA ALFORD* WE LUV U ALAZIA
Body: OMAHA, Neb.-- The family of a girl shot to death Friday evening mourned and remembered on Saturday. Omaha police arrested two teenage boys for their alleged roles in the death of 6-year-old Alazia Alford Friday evening. "Someone took my little sister," said Alazia's brother, Deveon Alford. "I mean, killed my little sister." The family watched video and went through photographs of the girl's life on Saturday. They showed a fiery, feisty girl who was full of life. "My girls and her would just dance and dance and dance away," said Alazia's cousin, Kanishia Alford. "I'm (going to) be able to hear her voice forever," said cousin Ashia Alford. "But it's just going to be the same words laying over and over." "Every time she left anyone, she would always hug and kiss, always tell you that she loved you," said Kanishia Alford. "She was a very loving little girl -- very precious 6-year-old girl that didn't deserve this." Witnesses to Friday's shooting reported hearing five gunshots in the area near 14th and Spencer around 5 p.m. Friday. Then, they said, they saw a gray car driving erratically. When it pulled over, they could see the back window of the car had been shot out. "They picked the girl up and put her on the ground out of the car, started trying to revive her, saying,'She's been shot, she's been shot,'" said Ronald Jackson. Chuck Oldham did CPR on Alford. "When I tried to get her to breathe, I heard the gurgling in her stomach. I was pretty sure she was gone then," said Oldham, who was extremely somber after the ordeal. He lives in the area and immediately ran to help. Neighbors said two other people were slightly wounded by gunshots, including 19-year old Maya Mack, who was hit in the hand, and 17-year-old Breanna Russ, who was grazed by a bullet. Alford was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died. Allen Merritt, father of the 6-year-old, said everyone called her "Le Le." Merritt was still trying to gather details of the violence as he rushed to University of Nebraska Medical Center Friday night. "It's my baby, man. It's my daughter. It's my heart," Merritt said. He said Alford was shot once on the chest and the bullet went through her body. The girl was a first-grade student at Omaha's Saratoga Elementary School. "My baby -- she resting," Merritt said. "She in a better place, but I can't be at ease about that. I can't lie to you. I can't be at ease about that." Omaha police arrested Jordan M. Goodwin, 14, of Omaha, late Friday night. Goodwin was booked into the Douglas County Youth Center for criminal homicide and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Investigators called him their principle suspect. Shortly after Goodwin's arrest, a felony arrest warrant was issued for Michael Coleman, 19, of Omaha. Around 9:20 a.m. Saturday, Coleman turned himself into Omaha police headquarters. He was booked on a charge of first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Omaha police Officer Bill Dropinski said Coleman is the second principle suspect involved in the homicide of Alford and felony assaults of Mack and Russ. Dropinski said additional charges are pending as the Douglas County attorney continues to review the investigation

"i am so sorry i miss her to she went to th north boys and girls club and she always had a smile on her face i miss her cute little smile amd im only 10 and my heart goes out to to alazia i look her up on the computer and when i see a pictue of her i star to cry and right now im cryin i am so sorry and i knew kiaja,diquarius,deveon,tierra, ni ni ,and qua my heart ges to yall family !!!!!"R.I.P. ALAZIA ALFORD!!!!!!!!!!

[verneal evans]

I THINK THAT IS REALY RONG HOW A 6 YER OLD GOT KILLED 4 NOTHING SHE DID NOTHING RONG WAT DID SHE DO TO HAVE TO LOSE HER LIFE AT THE AGE OF 6!!!!!(OMAHA REALY NEED TO STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE)!!