Vigil held for girl killed in Milwaukee road rage attack

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mourners have held a vigil to remember a 3-year-old girl who was shot and killed in an apparent road rage attack in Milwaukee.

The grandmother of Brooklyn Harris told supporters at Saturday night's vigil that the girl was sweet and quiet and that, "They didn't give that baby a chance to live."

Police said Brooklyn was riding in a vehicle with her mother and three siblings when she was fatally shot by another driver Saturday morning after a near collision on Milwaukee's north side.

They said the suspect fled the scene, was pursued by officers and crashed his car. They said he ran away but was arrested and remains in custody. His name hasn't been released.

The Milwaukee County district attorney's office will review the case this week, police said. An autopsy is scheduled Monday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Assistant Milwaukee Police Chief Raymond Banks told reporters Saturday morning that the shooting "cannot become the norm."

"Our city is better than this. We need everybody to understand just how tragic this is," Banks said. "She was 3 years old. ... She had her whole life in front of her."

Mayor Tom Barrett told WITI-TV on Saturday afternoon he was pleased that police caught a suspect but that he is "angry at this behavior."

"This could have been any child in this community," Barrett said, "and on a Saturday morning, to have a young child lose their life because some jerk decides he's going to use a gun because he's mad at someone on the streets, it's just insanity."

Tracey Dent told the crowd of about 50 who had gathered carrying balloons and candles at the vigil that police "can't do it by themselves."

"We have to check our own people," Dent said. "We're repeating the same stuff over and over and over again. When are we going to wake...