GRIFFITH, IN. (THECOUNT) — Alayna Oritiz has been identified as the Portage High School student shot and killed last week.
Oritiz, 18, was shot in the head near an apartment complex in Griffith on Jan. 9., and police in northwest Indiana are are holding a news conference on the deadly incident Thursday.
Relatives say she and a group of other people were there to drop off a friend.
A Griffith officer working at Park West Apartments heard what sounded like a crash, then saw an SUV speed off, reports wgntv.
Oritiz was a passenger in that vehicle.
According to the pressor, a manhunt is on for the suspects involved. Giocante Galloway is in custody. Juarez Rogers is being sought.
Griffith is a town in Calumet and St. John townships in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 16,893 at the 2010 census, source Wikipedia.
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