April 5 (UPI) -- A 16-year-old girl found shot by the side of the road late last week in northern Florida has died, authorities said, lifting the death toll from a recent string of connected shootings to three.
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told reporters during a Tuesday press conference that Layla Silvernail had succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
She was the first of three victims found in the string of shootings in Marion County, located about 80 miles northwest of Orlando.
She was found Thursday night by police in the area of Forest Lakes Park on SE 183rd Avenue Road suffering from a gunshot wound. She was transported in critical condition to the hospital.
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