WSB-TV is reporting Sunday afternoon that Kennedy Maxie, a 7-year-old student at Sedalia Park Elementary School in East Cobb, has died after being shot in the head in Buckhead on Monday.
The television station said the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that the girl died Saturday evening.
She had been at Children’s Healthcare Atlanta at Scottish Rite since being taken there Monday evening, after she and her mother and aunt were leaving Phipps Plaza, where they had been Christmas shopping.
Atlanta Police said the girl was sitting in the back of a car when she was struck by a stray bullet. A reward for information about the incident had been raised to $15,000.
But there have been few details from police about leads in the case, and about why there was shooting in the area.
The girl’s godmother began a fundraiser that has netted more than $45,000. There has been no word from her or the family since a Christmas Eve message.
UPDATED: Atlanta Police Monday confirmed the girl’s death and said a $15,000 reward remains.
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