On May 26, 2012, Kayla Danielle Ferrante was shot in the back. She had just graduated from high school a year early, eager to start working toward a career helping special-needs students, and she was in her boyfriend’s car on the way home from a day of celebration. Less than a block from her house, Edwin Daniels mistook them for rival gang members and opened fire on their vehicle. Kayla told her boyfriend, “Call 911. I can’t breathe.” The 17-year-old was taken to the hospital and died during surgery.
