{"id":1054568,"date":"2022-04-14T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=1054568"},"modified":"2022-04-14T23:10:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T04:10:03","slug":"9-year-old-girl-mistakenly-shot-as-a-sneaker-shop-owner-attempted-to-stop-shoplifters-read-more-about-it-on-asnkrsdaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/9-year-old-girl-mistakenly-shot-as-a-sneaker-shop-owner-attempted-to-stop-shoplifters-read-more-about-it-on-asnkrsdaya\/","title":{"rendered":"9-Year-Old Girl Mistakenly Shot as a Sneaker Shop Owner Attempted to Stop Shoplifters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reports have come in from ABC News<\/a> that a 9-year-old girl was mistakenly shot as the owner of a Southern California sneaker shop was firing after shoplifters fleeing from the store. The owner fled the state and was arrested in Nevada, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located in Victorville, Calif., Sole Addicts is a local sneaker resale shop inside the Victor Valley Mall. Co-owner Marquel Cockrell<\/strong>, 20, noticed two shoplifters running out of the store when he decided to open fire. Cockrell missed the shoplifters and instead accidentally hit a 9-year-old girl who was waiting in line to get her picture taken with the Easter Bunny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The San Bernardino County Sheriff\u2019s Department first responded to the reports of gunfire that wounded the girl at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12th. She was airlifted to a nearby hospital in stable condition and has remained under care since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mall stores were locked down with customers taking shelter inside as the deputies continued to search for the shooter. Cockrell was finally located in his car at about 9 p.m. and arrested in Clark County by the Nevada Highway Patrol, Victorville police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marquel Cockrell via LVMPD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The victim has been identified as Ava Chruniak<\/strong>. The girl was left with three gunshot wounds, including two in her arm, with one of the bullets fracturing a bone, as reported by her grandmother, Robin Moraga-Saldarelli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s the kind of fracture they can\u2019t surgically fix,\u201d said Moraga-Saldarelli as she spoke to Fox 11 News<\/a>. \u201cShe\u2019s going to have to wear a special brace for it, and it\u2019s going to take a lot longer to heal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraga-Saldarelli also spoke to KNBC-TV<\/a> saying, \u201cIt\u2019ll be awhile before the bone heals and then we will see the extent of the nerve damage, but she\u2019s a trooper. She really is a tough little kid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mother of Chruniak, Natalie Moraga, has organized a GoFundMe<\/a> asking for $5,000 in relief of recovery expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n

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