Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 12, 1991 TAG: 9104120646
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RON BROWN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Several shots were fired from Melrose Park shortly before 9 p.m., police said. They were unable to locate any suspect in the park.
Police would not release the girl's name because she is a juvenile.
She was being treated at Community Hospital Thursday night. Hospital officials would not comment on her condition.
Roanoke police were called to at least four other reports of shots fired during the evening.
It was the second time in two months that a child was struck by street-side gunfire in Roanoke.
Moneka Small, 4, was grazed in the face by a bullet as she ran for safety after a daytime gunfight broke out near the Hurt Park housing project in February. She was walking with her mother and 3-year-old brother.
Judge Thomas, 33, a former high school football star, and a 17-year-old boy have been charged with malicious wounding in that shooting.
by CNB