Sentenced: "She Was A Diva, A Real Diva," 6YO Chassidy Shot Leaving A Birthday Party

[Sugar Cookie]

A memorial of balloons, candles and flowers now marks where a six-year-old girl was shot this weekend as she left a friend’s birthday party in Miami.

Paramedics rushed Chassidy Saunders to Ryder Trauma Center, where she died. Two adults were also injured and are recovering at the hospital.

"She was a diva, a real diva," said the child's grandmother, Sheri Cullins. "She loved lipstick, makeup, and hair and nails and lip gloss."

Miami Police say the shooting happened around 7 p.m. Saturday, but so far no arrests have been made.

”When I came outside, I seen the little girl on the floor. The lady was holding her trying to comfort her. She was scared and you could hear the little girl crying,” said one neighbor, who heard the gunshots.

Neighbors say it was a chaotic scene with children and their families were leaving a two-year-old’s birthday party when the shooting started. They told NBC 6 they heard as many as 20 gunshots, adding that it sounded like more than one gun was used.

6-Year-Old Girl Killed in Weekend Shooting After Birthday Party in Miami

A memorial of balloons, candles and flowers now marks where a six-year-old girl was shot this weekend as she left a friend’s birthday party in Miami. Paramedics rushed Chassidy Saunders to Ryder Trauma Center, where she died. Two adults were also injured and are recovering at the hospital. “She...

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[Blizzard]

They told NBC 6 they heard as many as 20 gunshots, adding that it sounded like more than one gun was used.

That is shitty and ridiculous. Fuck Miami and its *insert everything bad here including weather* .

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[Sejanus]

Total misuse of the term diva.
The word precocious would have been a better choice.

 

[Victoria]

I have so many questions ....

 

[Craygor]

On social media, family members called Chassidy a “Tik Tok Princess” and showed video clips of her dancing joyously.

"Tik Tok Princess", "Diva", "Chassidy"? I'm sure the family meant this as an spelling alternative to "Chasity" and not "Chassis" and its no fault of this little girl, but this family irritates the fuck out of me.

 

[Blizzard]

"Tik Tok Princess", "Diva", "Chassidy"? I'm sure the family meant this as an spelling alternative to "Chasity" and not "Chassis" and its no fault of this little girl, but this family irritates the fuck out of me.

I can think of the valid female name 'Chastity" primarily.

From what I can tell, African-Americans on occasion make up names for kids. As one example, I know of one African-American mother from years in my past who desired to name her little boy after herself. So she made a name for her little boy that was an attempted male re-construction of her name. She was called Connie, which in its full-length form should have been Constance. But she named her little boy Con (spelled as shown). From what I can find, the best match for a male form of Constance would have been Conrad.

There is a name-bureau of sorts in Finland that requires babies to be given a more-or-less normal name out of a list, but not so in USA =p .

 

[Craygor]

There is a name-bureau of sorts in Finland that requires babies to be given a more-or-less normal name out of a list, but not so in USA =p .

Baby naming laws are relatively common, some countries are rather strict.

These 11 countries are banning certain baby names because you can't be trusted - The World from PRX

Parents from Saudi Arabia to New Zealand are so irresponsible naming their children that laws are needed to stop them.

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[Muriel Schwenck]

"lipstick, makeup, and hair and nails and lip gloss."
Self objectifying at such a young age. Sad.
Child + Diva = brat.
I think she was enthusiastic.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

She was beautiful and like any young girl she probably enjoyed playing dress up and putting make up on.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

More than two years after a little girl who liked to play dress-up princess was killed in a hail of gunfire at a friend’s birthday party, police have made an arrest.

And the man suspected of killing 6-year-old “Tik-Tok Princess” Chassidy Saunders in January 2021 is well known to law enforcement. Warneric Anthony Buckner has not only been in federal prison the past six months on an identity theft conviction, he is also suspected of wielding a rifle in one of the worst mass shootings in South Florida history.

Buckner, 22, is currently serving 30 months in West Miami-Dade’s Federal Correction Institution. Though federal documents list him as Anthony Warneric, several law enforcement sources have confirmed it’s the same man suspected of taking part in the Memorial Day 2021 mass shooting outside the El Mula banquet hall in which 23 people were shot, including three who died. Miami Police said they will ask that he be transferred to state custody to stand trial for Chassidy’s murder.

In a prepared statement, Miami Police Chief Manny Morales said Buckner has been charged with a single count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.

he exact details of the arrest remain sealed and haven’t been made public. That usually means police expect more arrests in the case and that there is information on the charging document that could harm the case if it gets out. Shortly after Chassidy’s death the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office was made aware of a possible conflict of interest in the case, which is now being prosecuted by the Broward County State Attorney’s Office.

Man charged in murder of ‘Tik Tok Princess.’ Six-year-old shot at Miami birthday party

More than two years after a little girl who liked to play dress-up princess was killed in a hail of gunfire at a friend’s birthday party, police have made an arrest.

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[Sugar Cookie]

One of the men accused of the El Mula banquet hall shooting has been released from jail Wednesday night after the charges he was facing were dropped.

Warneric Buckner's mother covered his face with a blanket as they left the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

The two hopped into an awaiting Nissan Altima, saying nothing along the way.

The 20-year-old is no longer facing charges, even after police say he admitted to jumping out of an SUV and shooting into the crowd last May at the El Mula Banquet Hall.

He faced three counts of murder and 20 counts of attempted murder.

But now prosecutors are dropping the charges, saying even though when he was questioned by investigators implicating himself and other gunmen, they noted "…the Defendant initially invoked his right to counsel, and despite the invocation, homicide investigators with the Miami-Dade Police Department continued to conduct an interrogation."

Accused El Mula Banquet Hall Shooter Warneric Buckner Released From Jail After Charges Dropped

Charges against one of the men accused of the El Mula banquet hall shooting have been dropped.

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The only person convicted of taking part in the “largest” mass shooting in Miami-Dade County history will spend the rest of his life in prison — despite never firing a single bullet — a judge ruled.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez said Davonte Barnes, 24, played an “integral” role in the 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting at a North Miami-Dade music hall in which three people were killed and 20 others injured. Then she sentenced him to 23 concurrent life sentences. “It’s as if, Mr. Barnes, you had pulled the trigger,” the judge said before Barnes, seated alone in the jury box and dressed in a red jumpsuit, was fingerprinted and escorted to prison.

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