MIAMI ā A South Florida mother is hoping for answers after her daughter was shot and killed while riding in a car.
The evening of July 4th is when Brittany Bucknor got the call no mother ever wants to receive.
āBasically that my daughter got shot,ā she said. āShe was my only daughter and my oldest. She deserves so much better. She didnāt deserve to go out like that.ā
Deputies said Bucknorās daughter Destiny was the passenger in a convertible Polaris Slingshot.
They were driving westbound on Northwest 8th Street and as they approached the 2900 block, someone shot at them, striking Destiny.
āI donāt believe it was intended for her,ā said Bucknor. āNobody can tell me otherwise.ā
Destiny was only 19 years old. She had recently graduated from Dillard High School.
Battling lupus, she wanted to be a firefighter.
āItās a different type of pain when you lose a child,ā said Bucknor. āI just that someone has the courage to speak up because at the end of the day, when all of this settles and I sit by myself, I canāt get her back.ā
A GoFundMe page has been created to help Bucknor with expenses, and it can be found by clicking here.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.