Atlanta Girl, 4, Killed Under Hail of Bullets From Teen-Age Gang
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ATLANTA — A heavily armed gang of teen-agers riddled an apartment with gunfire Thursday, killing a 4-year-old girl as she slept on a couch, police said.
Monica Rose Carr died after being struck in the chest by one of between 40 and 50 bullets fired into her apartment by at least five teen-age boys with semi-automatic weapons, police said.
Homicide Sgt. Tom King said the violence began Wednesday when a 15-year-old boy argued with a teen-age girl at the apartment.
“We understand there has been some altercation between the boys and the residents of the apartment for about a week,” King said, adding that police had not determined the nature of the argument.
Police arrested two youths, 15 and 16, and were questioning them about the shooting.
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