Parents of slain Bronx teen Angellyh Yambo sue manufacturer of ghost gun components
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The family of Angellyh Yambo, who was gunned down by a stray 9 mm bullet in the Bronx in 2022, celebrated what would have been her 18th birthday Wednesday at Woodlawn Cemetery.
In 2006, Yaneley Henriquez stared at her newborn baby, a beautiful girl with chubby cheeks, little toes, and the perfect vision of life. She was the princess Henriquez always wanted. Her name, Angellyh, meant “an angel.” And she was destined to do great things. But those dreams were shattered on April 8, 2022.
I'm now a broken mother that won’t see her princess ever again.
Jeremiah Ryan was 17 at the time of the fatal shooting, and the sentencing arrangement was part of a plea deal that avoided a painful trial.