six years old and she died on july 16 after being shot in a drive-by shooting. she was writing her scooter when she and five others were shot including she and both her parents but they all survived. the presence of the community have been answered. i m here to announce today that we got our man. 22-year-old mark tuan hargraves from maryland is the man police say it was responsible for the and niyah s death. authorities believe that niyah s father was likely targeted, he was arrested later as part of a drug conspiracy with ties to drug dealers. our grandmother spoke to fox news just a few days after her untimely death. she was amazing. she was beautiful. she was loving.
they re going to be here any minute for our weekly spa day. ooh, that bubblemassage! have fun! stay in the home and life you ve built for years to come. call 1-800-986-5068 to receive fifteen-hundred dollars off your kohler walk-in bath. and take advantage of our special offer of no payments for eighteen months. john: police in the nation s capital announcing the arrest of a 22-year-old man in the fatal shooting of 6-year-old and niyah courtney earlier this month. the subject is no stranger to the criminal justice system and the police are linking the shooting to a suspected drug ring. david spunt has more from the justice department. this case gripped much of the city but made headlines far beyond the boundaries of the district of columbia and maryland and virginia, just such a sad case, little niyah just
apologize to the victims have been hurt by my crimes, i m going to apologize to law enforcement who i ve demonized and if they don t step away from black lives matter and criticize black lives matter for wanting to defund the police, i don t think anyone will believe these mayors. the problem is, what young man or woman wants to go into law enforcement when you have both liberal mayors and city councils that will have your back? no one will take the job because you all are the target as a police officer, not the criminals. richard are you saying that those who are in your party are changing her tune in the wake of this violence? thanks for having me. i can t speak for sean but bring out is my mare and i live about half a mile from little niyah died or was murdered. i don t think you could boil this down to a simple, we can give money to the police were take money away from the police,
combat violence in this city and that s coming off of the nationals game that rocked that baseball game, have players running for their families. her daughter was in that stadium and that happened and she referenced a large backlog of criminal court cases for putting those criminals, the reason those criminals are walking the street like the one that killed niyah. if that s the case, the backlog of court cases on hold during the pandemic, of hampering justice and that s why these criminals are walking the street. if i may just get to that personal angle first, my daughter isabella in the stadium with her colleagues from cnn when a four people were shot outside of the stadium and panic ensued. i was proud of my daughter for standing her ground and taking video of what happened in there. but here you are in the nation s capital, seeing a nationals game and four people get shot outside. he reminded me, the bitter awful
pulled his rap sheet and found an armed carjacking on his record from june 2020. a couple of hours ago i spoke to his attorney from that specific case and that attorney tells me the carjacking charge was dropped due to lack of evidence. instead was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and charged with a gun in that vehicle. at last year they judge allowed him to be released on bond and more than a year later, authorities say while he was out on bond he pulled the trigger and killed niyah courtney. d.c. police chief robert conti says her father may have been a target and he has known drug dealer affiliations and he and niyah s mother were shot but survived. as our forecast, the criminal involved was no stranger to the justice system. chief conti wants to see more detectives, specifically aerial