Makanzee Oldham
Update, 7:48 a.m. Monday: Makanzee Oldham, the 2-year-old girl who was shot in the head Wednesday in Detroit, was taken off life support on Sunday and officially declared dead, Fox 2 reports. On Friday, she had been declared brain dead.
Original article, May 27:
Makanzee Oldham would have turned three June 13.
The Detroit girl, who was shot in the head on Wednesday night after adults got in an argument, was declared brain dead late Friday afternoon, George Hunter reports in The Detroit News
"There was a complete brain shutdown, and the doctors said if they kept her on life support, she’d have been a vegetable,”the girl's great-uncle, Michael Oldham, said Friday evening, according to the News report. “They’re going to donate her organs, so they’ll keep her on the machine until Sunday.”
On Friday, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office issued a press release stating that three Detroit men have been charged in the shooting: Cleveland Tyvon Smelley, 30; Deonta Charles Bennett, 21 and and Antoine Lamar Smelley, 32.
Authorities allege that the men were involved in a dispute that night and Cleveland Smelley allegedly opened fire at seven people in a car, including Makanzee Oldham, who was seriously wounded.
