9-year-old girl killed after drive-by shooting at Hamilton County home identified

SILVERTON, Ohio — Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story reported the victim’s age was 8. The coroner’s office later updated their information with the correct age.

An 9-year-old girl is dead and deputies are looking for a suspect after a drive-by shooting at a home north of Cincinnati late Monday night.

Damyih Barton-Pickens was identified by the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office Tuesday morning as the child that was shot and killed.

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The shooting happened at a home on Plainfield Road south of U.S. 22 in the village of Silverton around 11:40 p.m. Monday, our news partners at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati report. Silverton is located just south of Kenwood and is about 15 minutes north from downtown Cincinnati.

Barton-Pickens was hit by a single bullet fired by a shooter outside the home, Hamilton County deputies told the station. She was rushed to a hospital where she later died.

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It was not clear if the child was the target of the shooting or if she was hit by a stray bullet.

A description of the suspect has not yet been released by deputies, WCPO-TV reports.

We’ll continue to update this story as new details become available.

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