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Miami Fla Nov 27 2012 Family and friends gathered Monday afternoon for the funeralof a 13-year-old girl fatally shot on a private school bus in Homestead last week.
The funeral for Lourdes Guzman-DeJesus will be held atCaballero Rivero Woodlawn at 11655 SW 117th Avenue in Miami.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and was being held atMiami-Dade's juvenile assessment center on charges of manslaughter and carryinga concealed firearm in Guzman-DeJesus' death, authorities said.
"It was one of those things you can't even put intowords. It's immense. I can't even describe the pain that one feels," saidrelative Waldermar Arent.
According to an arrest form, the children were on their wayto school when the boy took the firearm out of his backpack and displayed it.The gun went off, hitting Guzman-DeJesus.
Based on the findings so far, "it appears to have beenan accident," Miami-Dade Police spokeswoman Aida Fina-Milan said.
Guzman-DeJesus was taken to Miami Children's Hospital, whereshe later died, police said. No one else was injured, and the boy was takeninto custody, officials said.
Guzman, known as Jina to her family and friends, was shotwhile riding a private school bus about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Southwest 296th Streetand Southwest 137th Avenuein Homestead,police said. Eight other children, including Guzman-DeJesus' 7-year-old sister,were on the bus at the time of the shooting.
The girl's mother, Ady DeJesus, has described her daughteras the “most wonderful girl in the whole wide world.” She said her daughter, astudent at Palm Glades Preparatory Academy, was very smart,nice and happy.
According to Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts spokeswoman EuniceSigler, the state plans to prosecute the boy as an adult.
Source:NBC6