ORLANDO, Fla. — A total of four arrests have been made in connection to a fatal Orlando drive-by shooting that left a 6-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man dead and the girl’s mother injured.  


What You Need To Know

  • An Aug. 29 drive-by shooting in Orlando killed a 6-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man

  • Officials say the girl's mother was also shot, but survived

  • Four suspects — 18, 17, 17 and 15 — were arrested in connection with the deaths

  • City leaders say they are planning to place cameras at a nearby park in the Carver Shores community, to help with monitoring issues in the area

In separate press releases, the Orlando Police Department announced that a 15-year-old boy, two 17-year-old boys and 18-year-old Ricky Raymond Bowery Jr. have been arrested on first-degree homicide charges in connection to the Poppy Avenue shooting in Orlando on Aug. 29.

Police say they have been arrested in connection to the fatal Orlando drive-by shooting last week that led to the death of 6-year-old girl Alahliyah Hashim and Isaiyah Wright, 19. Investigators say the girl’s mother was also injured, but survived.

Spectrum News 13 is not naming the teen suspects because they are minors.

Police announced the arrest of the 15-year-old boy on Sunday night and announced the arrest of Bowery and one of the 17 year olds on Tuesday night and the second 17 year old on Wednesday morning.

Officials did not release many details about the shooting.

The shooting occurred in the Carver Shores community on Poppy Avenue, just around the corner from where another deadly shooting took place at Poppy Park on Easter.

Orlando police said the girl and her mother are not believed to be the intended targets of the shooting.

Teen-violet crime troubling

“My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims’ their families and their loved ones," said District 6 City Commissioner Bakari Burns.

Burns said that the increase in teen violent crime in general has been troubling, as the city has worked over the years to invest in several communities to help mitigate youth crime.

Now that an arrest has been made in the Poppy Avenue shooting, Burns said it's a step towards a resolution.

"We have kids who are killing kids now," he said. "So, we have to just come together as a community, collaborate and bring the necessary resources; one so we can stop the flow of these guns to our youth but also, if they already have them, we need to get them out of their hands."

Over the years, Burns said city leaders have invested in programs like "Kids zones." Originally formed in the Parramore community, the program focuses on providing children with resources and supporting their families to help them be more successful.

Burns said the hope was children would be given helpful tools to allow them to solve problems without violence. He said the program had been so successful the city decided to expand it throughout other communities.

Other efforts include more police patrols, as well as programs that allow law enforcement to create relationships within their patrol areas. Burns shared that something new the city is working on in the wake of some of the recent shootings is installing cameras.

“This, (Poppy Park) is a popular gathering place for Carver Shores community," he said. "But also surrounding neighborhoods, so we’re getting three cameras in the park that will have live feed to OPD.”

Burns said while the city leaders are constantly thinking about how they can invest in more ways to mitigate youth crime, it’s also going to take the community stepping up and being willing to speak out when things happen."

“It’s going to take all of us to make sure that our communities are safe," he said.

Burns said the cameras are expected to be installed by the end of October.

The Orlando Police Department is also expected to discuss crime reduction efforts Thursday morning at 11 a.m.