SAN ANTONIO – Family of a young girl who was killed over the weekend on the west side are desperately searching for answers.
Rebecca Rodriguez was killed hours before her 13th birthday while at a friend’s house during an apparent party.
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Her family said she is a young life that was taken in an instant.
“So much joy. She made everyone happy. She’s literally the life of the party,” Rebecca’s Stepbrother Gonzalez said. He went by just his last name during the interview.
Police are still looking for who killed 12-year-old Rebecca and injured another child.
Her brothers giving a desperate plea to get justice for their baby sister.
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“Someone needs to be held accountable for all the stuff that went down. Everyone’s saying that she could have been helped. And no one f-g helped,” Gonzalez said.
We went to the home where the shooting reportedly took place.
No one answered but there were several signs saying the property has video cameras.
“All I got to say is that if it was a drive by I want to see that the camera catch all that and we want to know the truth,” Rebecca’s brother Rodriguez said. He went by just his last name during the interview.
We went to city leaders to find out what’s being done to address shootings involving kids.
“Is an understatement to say it’s devastating to know that this young girl’s life was taken so tragically. She was 12 years old. I mean, it’s, it’s, it’s, it’s very jarring,” District Six Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda said.
Cabello Havrda is chair of the city’s Public Safety Committee. She said there’s nothing specific in the works but believes change could be coming.
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“It’s absolutely something that we can look at in a future agenda. It’s under the Public Safety’s purview, of course, to talk about it, and try to figure out what we can do to curb this kind of behavior,” Cabello Havrda said.
As they work to address it Rebecca’s brothers work to come to terms with her death.
“It’s sad how you took my little sister—from second clip,” Gonzalez said.
Police are still working to make an arrest in Rebecca’s death. Officials said information is critical so if you know something say something.
Rebecca was a student in Edgewood ISD. They released the following statement:
CLICK HERE for the family’s GoFundMe.
The family is also accepting donations via their CashApps, which are $YesiiB5 and $GonzalezAudio.
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