Ferguson Residents Hold Vigil for Girl, 9, Fatally Shot at Home

Ferguson residents released balloons during a vigil on Thursday, August 20, for Jamyla Bolden, a nine-year-old girl fatally shot in her home two days previously. Police said the gunshots, which also wounded the girl’s mother in the leg, came from outside the home. Local media. reported that Ira DeWitt, a music executive and the wife of St. Louis Cardinals president Bill DeWitt, planned to pay for all funeral expenses. Credit: YouTube/Umar Lee