15-Year-Old Arizona Girl Shot And Killed While She Was In Bed Sleeping

A 15-year-old Arizona girl was killed in a drive-by shooting while she was sleeping in her Phoenix home, according to reports.

Phoenix Police said, GiaGinette Brown was sleeping in her bedroom early Sunday morning when she was shot at least one time.

Investigators said the shooting happened between midnight and 3 a.m. on Sunday.

Neighbors said they heard several gunshots around 1 a.m.

Other people were home at the time but weren’t aware Brown was shot until hours later.

“No one heard Gia scream. No one heard any kind of verbal trauma from Gia. She was found in bed,” Sgt. Robert Scherer said.

Officers responded to reports of a person with a gunshot wound around 8 a.m. on Sunday.

Police said they believe the house was targeted, but Brown might have been unintentionally struck.

“There’s no information that leads us to believe that Gia was the target of this,” Scherer said.

The family is incredibly shaken after the loss.

“Gia was a great person. She was an innocent soul. She didn’t do anything to deserve what happened to her,” Paris Holmes, Brown’s sister, said.

Brown’s aunt, Terri Smith, said there are bullet holes in the back of their house, leading into the room where her niece was sleeping.

“She is 15 years old and went to bed in her house, which should be a safe spot,” Smith said.

Smith said Brown was a Varsity cheerleader at West Point High School in Avondale.

“Gia had the personality of that you could not even put into a jar or a pocket,” Terri Smith, Brown’s aunt, said.

The family is seeking justice, asking that anyone who knows anything to say something.

“Whether this was a random act of violence, I have no idea, but I will tell you right now, they took a life that this world is going to miss,” Smith said.

The family created a GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral expenses.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Phoenix police or call Silent Witness to remain anonymous.

Anyone who has information on a crime or recognizes a suspect described by the program is asked to call 480-948-6377.