She was just a California girl, only two weeks away from blowing out nine little candles, when her life was taken in a mass shooting at a party. One moment she was laughing, dancing, and enjoying the night like any kid would—and in the next, everything shattered. Her family had been planning birthday balloons, a cake, and a celebration she’d been counting down to day by day. Instead, they’re now facing a pain no parent should ever know. A night that should’ve been full of music and joy turned into a tragedy that left a community heartbroken and asking why something so senseless had to happen to someone so young, so innocent, and so close to her big day.
An 8-year-old girl described as “the light in everyone’s life” was two weeks shy of her 9th birthday when she was gunned down during a shooting at a…