8-Year-Old Shot Dead Near Rayshard Brooks' Protest Site

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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ended the protests at the area in where Rayshard Brooks was killed by police last month after an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot.

"You shot and killed a baby," she said at a news conference. "Enough is enough."

Bottoms said the girl, identified as Secoriea Turner, was shot Saturday night while in a car with her mother and a friend after they attempted to pull into a parking lot. The site had been barricaded after Brooks was killed, prompting almost a month of protests against racial injustice and police brutality.

"We understand the frustration of Rayshard Brooks," the girl's mother said at the news conference. "We ain't got nothing to do with that. [We're] innocent. We didn't mean no harm. My baby didn't mean no harm."

Authorities did not identify any suspects, and it was unclear whether the shooting was connected to protests that Bottoms said have become a feature of the neighborhood since Brooks was killed.

Bottoms said the majority of demonstrations in the city have been peaceful, although she said there have been occasional flare-ups, including the alleged attempted firebombing of a state Public Safety Department building early Sunday.

"For every 100 gatherings, we have an incident," she said. "It's frustrating."

Bottoms said authorities had removed other barriers erected by protesters in the area after Brooks' funeral on June 23. She said she heard that new barriers had been placed there shortly before she learned of Secoriea's killing.

She said local officials had been trying to talk with demonstrators before closing the area.

"We're not having any more discussions," she said. "It's over."

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