Mother tells of anguish after 16-year-old daughter was shot dead in Phoenix driveby after 'altercation' between two groups of teenagers at high school basketball game, The mother of a teenage girl who was shot and killed in a drive-by murder in Phoenix has spoken of her loss for the first time.
Niani Rayshawn Allen, 16, was shot dead last Friday while being driven in a car, when a gunman fired from another vehicle.
An 18-year-old man, Jason Christopher Lindsey Jr, has been arrested by Phoenix police and charged with first degree murder.
'I don't have my best friend no more, she' gone, she's gone,' Ms Deshawn Oliphant told ABC 15.I'm never going to be able to see her again.'
'How is it that a mother has to bury her daughter? That's not the way that it goes.'
Miss Allen was shot in the head in a car in west Phoenix on Friday night, and was taken to Phoenix Children's Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
According to local police, the suspect, Mr Lindsey, and Miss Allen were part of two separate groups who had 'gotten into an altercation at a high school basketball game', ABC 15 reports.
This weekend, friends of Miss Allen, a junior at a local high school spoke of their loss.
'Niani was a very outgoing person, she always put a smile on your face, she was always dancing, always singing,' a friend told ABC 15.
The suspect, Mr Lindsey was booked in on Saturday and is currently being held on a $1million bond.
Phoenix police are not currently looking for any other suspects involved in the shooting.
Niani Rayshawn Allen, 16, was shot dead last Friday while being driven in a car, when a gunman fired from another vehicle.
An 18-year-old man, Jason Christopher Lindsey Jr, has been arrested by Phoenix police and charged with first degree murder.
'I don't have my best friend no more, she' gone, she's gone,' Ms Deshawn Oliphant told ABC 15.I'm never going to be able to see her again.'
'How is it that a mother has to bury her daughter? That's not the way that it goes.'
Miss Allen was shot in the head in a car in west Phoenix on Friday night, and was taken to Phoenix Children's Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
According to local police, the suspect, Mr Lindsey, and Miss Allen were part of two separate groups who had 'gotten into an altercation at a high school basketball game', ABC 15 reports.
This weekend, friends of Miss Allen, a junior at a local high school spoke of their loss.
'Niani was a very outgoing person, she always put a smile on your face, she was always dancing, always singing,' a friend told ABC 15.
The suspect, Mr Lindsey was booked in on Saturday and is currently being held on a $1million bond.
Phoenix police are not currently looking for any other suspects involved in the shooting.
