Bullet stuck in head of Florida girl after stray gunfire rips through McDonald's parking lot

Key Points:

• An 11-year-old girl, Dora Belen Rivera, and her father, Oscar Roman Miron, were shot in the head and hip respectively during a shooting in a McDonald’s parking lot in Hallandale Beach on June 27.
• The shooter, 18-year-old Ralph N-Kosi Blue, allegedly fired at a person running toward him, striking the family who were innocent bystanders waiting in their SUV; two other children in the vehicle were unharmed.
• Rivera underwent surgery and remains in stable condition with a bullet lodged in her head that doctors have decided not to remove to avoid further harm, while her father has been released and is recovering at home.
• Blue fled the scene but was arrested two days later and charged with two counts each of aggravated battery and aggravated assault; he is held without bond and has been fired from McDonald’s.
• The McDonald’s owner expressed devastation over the incident, offered support to law enforcement, and confirmed the shooter is no longer employed at the restaurant.