By Bay City News.
A 5-year-old girl who was killed in a freeway shooting Saturday night, April 8, has been identified as Eliyanah Crisostomo, according to the Alameda County Coroner's Office.
The little girl was struck by gunfire around 6:40 p.m. as she was riding with her family in a car heading south on Interstate 880, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Eliyanah was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
A gofundme site set up to help the family said Eliyanah was "a fun-loving girl who loved life, had a generous heart, close to her three siblings, especially her brother, 11 months apart."
He would have turned 6 in less than 2 weeks. The family was going to a restaurant in Milpitas for a family birthday dinner, according to the gofundme site, in https://www.gofundme.com/f/kvn5j4-help-the-ortiz-family.
Investigators said Sunday that they are still investigating the case.
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