Yanely Henriquez poses for a portrait in front of art she made for her daughter, Angellyh Yambo, who was shot and killed in 2022 blocks away from her school, Oct. 2, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs |
On her way home from school on a spring afternoon in 2022, 16-year-old Angellyh Yambo stepped out of Tony's Mini Market, her go-to corner bodega in New York City's Bronx borough, when a bullet passed through her upper back, piercing her lung and pulmonary artery. An innocent bystander during a shooting targeting other people, the girl was killed The 9mm pistol that struck her down was, prosecutors said, a "ghost gun," meaning it lacked the serial number present on most firearms, which can frustrate criminal investigations. Ghost guns, which can be bought online and quickly assembled at home while being almost impossible to trace, are the subject of a major case being argued at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, the second day of its new term. Andrew Chung has more on the case. More top news: |
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