Brexialee Brexi A. Torres

Death by Force

An 11-year-old girl named Brexialee Brexi A Torres Ortiz tragically lost her life on January 16, 2023, in Syracuse, New York. On that evening, the sixth-grader, who was the president of her class at Blodgett Middle School, was walking home from a corner store with a gallon of milk she had just purchased for her family. As she walked near Oakwood Avenue, she was caught in the crossfire of what authorities described as a gang-related drive-by shooting. Brexialee was struck by a bullet and later di ...Read More

syracuse: Syracuse girl murdered walking home was class president, honor student who loved to dance

CNN: This middle-schooler ‘knew how to be a best friend to everybody.’ Then gunfire erupted while she was out to buy milk | CNN

    ...View 4 additional sources