An Atlanta woman is likely to be charged with manslaughter after accidentally shooting her teenage sister.
On Sunday evening, 24 year olds Taniyria Holt of Atlanta was arrested by Miami police. Holt’s 18-year-old sister, who was reported to the police in an unprocessed report. identified Dre’Naya Ponder, is now being hospitalized with “no expectation of survival”, per PEOPLE.
Police said Holt was driving a 2019 Jaguar F-Pace on the Alton Road ramp north of Miami Beach with the victim and two other women when the accidental shooting occurred.
While he was in the vehicle, Holt had a 9mm pistol in his possession Ashley Last, who sat right behind Holt, reports the Miami Herald. The women in the vehicle also recorded their interactions on cell phones prior to the incident.
At first, police thought that Ponder’s injuries were self-inflicted, but said that Holt waived her Miranda right to silence and eventually confessed to the accident.
(Taniyria Holt, Miami-Dade Corrections)
Holt told Miami police that they “disassembled” the gun that represents the handle and release of the gun carriage and saw sharp bullets ejected before handing it over to Ponder. Unfortunately the gun was still loaded and Holt accidentally shot Ponder in the face.
“Thinking the gun was gun-free, Ms. Holt said she tried to hand the gun to her sister Ms. Ponder (who was behind the driver) but accidentally shot her,” Miami Beach police said in a report. “The cell phone Ms. Ponder was using showed evidence that the projectile had entered it when the projectile hit Ponder in the facial area, causing her injuries.”
SHOOTING INVESTIGATION: Tonight at 8:14 p.m. we received an emergency call from a possible victim of a gunshot wound in a vehicle near the Julia Tuttle Causeway. Officials and firefighters reacted immediately and finally found a vehicle …
– Miami Beach Police Department (@MiamiBeachPD) June 7, 2021
On Sunday evening, Miami Beach police tweeted more details about their investigation, which resulted in the temporary closure of the Alton Road flyover to the north and the city’s Julia Tuttle Causeway.
“Tonight at 8:14 pm we received an emergency call from a possible victim of a gunshot wound in a vehicle near the Julia Tuttle Causeway,” the police said. “Officials and firefighters responded immediately and eventually located a vehicle along the Alton Road driveway to the north from the Julia Tuttle Causeway to the east. A woman with an apparent gunshot wound was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital. “
After the police arrived at the scene, Holt was arrested and charged, according to PEOPLE, with “culpable negligence leading to personal injury and improper issuance of firearms”. She is currently being held without bail at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
On Monday, a police report confirmed that Ponder is staying at Jackson Memorial Hospital with no expectation of survival. According to the Miami Herald, Ponder’s family is expected to travel to Miami from Georgia to meet with doctors, and it is unconfirmed whether Holt was given a lawyer.
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