Authorities say a 12-year-old girl riding a scooter in New Jersey is brain dead after being hit in the head by a stray bullet. <br /> <br />Paterson police believe the shooter was aiming at someone else when they hit Genesis Rincon on Rosa Parks Boulevard around 8:40 p.m. Saturday. Two other children who were with her were not injured. <br /> <br />Authorities say Rincon had left a family gathering to go to a nearby store with another girl and a boy, but the store was closed so they headed back to the gathering. They were taking turns riding the scooter and were about a block away from the gathering when multiple shots rang out. <br /> <br />Rincon's family said they are heartbroken by their daughter's shooting but are preparing to donate her organs in the hope they can help others. <br /> <br />"Tomorrow, she's not going to be here," her father said Sunday. "She's not going to be here." <br /> <br />Meanwhile, people in Paterson are outraged that a child has become a victim of gun violence. <br /> <br />"It's really no words," one woman said. "I have a four-year-old daughter... everybody is touched by this." <br /> <br />Rincon's father pleaded for anyone with information to speak out. <br /> <br />"Say something," he said. "That was my daughter. That was my first daughter." <br /> <br />Authorities say the shooting may be connected to another one that happened in the same area early Saturday. In that shooting, a 26-year-old man was wounded in the leg.
