Guyanese girl killed by stray bullet in NY

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Kathina ThomasA Guyanese girl whose family migrated to New York last year died on Thursday night in Albany, New York after she was hit by a stray bullet.

According to the Schenectady Daily Gazette Kathina Thomas was killed on Thursday evening in the city’s West Hill neighbourhood. “My daughter’s dead! I can’t believe she’s dead like that!” sobbed Shondell McCallister outside her apartment yesterday morning. “Why did they shoot my daughter? Why not me?”…..


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