17-year-old taken into custody in connection with girl’s shooting death in Olathe
A 17-year-old boy was taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Olathe earlier this month.
Police said Tuesday that the unnamed boy was taken into custody, but didn’t release any other information, according to Sgt. John Moncayo, a spokesman for the Olathe Police Department.
After Brianna Rachelle Higgins was shot on Jan. 19 around 10:51 p.m., a group of unknown people drove her to Olathe Medical Center.
The medical center contacted police, who helped bring the girl into the hospital for treatment. She was later pronounced dead.
The shooting happened at Clarion Park Apartments in the 16900 block of West 127th Street.
On the day of the shooting, Brianna’s aunt Ashley Gray told The Star Brianna was asleep at her Lawrence home when two acquaintances woke her and told her to go out with them.
Police told the family they talked to four people who were in the car that brought Brianna to the hospital after she was shot, Gray said. Those individuals haven’t been publicly identified by police.
Loved ones said they want more communication from police and to know someone will face consequences for Brianna’s killing.
They’ve also been left to wonder why the people with her drove her to a hospital rather than calling emergency services, which they believe may have saved her life.
“Nobody has closure,” said Brianna’s aunt Charnell Revely. “We don’t know anything about what really happened. It’s literally tearing everybody up inside.”
