Young LA mom shot dead by stray bullet while sleeping next to 1-year-old daughter — as family reveals heartbreaking details
A young mother in Los Angeles was shot and killed by a stray bullet through her bedroom window while she slept next to her baby girl and boyfriend in their home.
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The victim, 20-year-old Maria Barrios Ventura, was in her home in the Vermont Vista neighborhood when she was shot.ONSCENE.TV
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Maria Barrios Ventura and her baby daughter (pictured).GoFundMe
The victim, 20-year-old Maria Barrios Ventura, was inside her home in the 400 block of West 103rd Street in the Vermont Vista neighborhood when the shooting happened around 3:35 a.m. on Sunday, July 19.
Ventura was identified as the victim by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
Ventura’s boyfriend, Omar Misael, told NBC Los Angeles that the couple was sleeping in the same bed when the devastating shooting occurred. “A stray bulled passed through here and struck my partner, and another seven shots were fired and hit around here. She died about 10 minutes later,” he told the station.
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Another man named Jose Chavez spoke to NBC LA and said that his car was also hit by gunshots.
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Family members started a GoFundMe to raise money for the girl’s young daughter.GoFundMe
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“This sudden and heartbreaking event has left her family devastated and struggling to cope with the loss. She was a loving mother, and her absence is felt deeply by everyone who knew her,” a family member wrote in a GoFundMe for the young mother.
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) found Ventura suffering from gunshot wounds when they arrived at the scene. Police said she had been struck in the head, NBC Los Angeles reported.
Ventura was reportedly shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene.GoFundMe
Paramedics attempted to save Ventura, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, according to KTLA.
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Ventura’s aunt, Liliana Lopez, started the GoFundMe to help cover funeral expenses, return her body to Guatemala and support her 1-year-old daughter.
She added that currently the family has “little local support available” because all of her family is living in Guatemala. The GoFundMe has a fundraising goal of $13,000.
“We currently don’t have anything for her daughter, and any contribution– no matter how small– would mean the world to us,” Lopez wrote. Your support will help ensure that her daughter received the care and stability she needs.”
