She was grazed in the upper chest but declined to be taken to a hospital for treatment.

She said a 9-year-old girl was grazed in the head, another 9-year-old girl in the wrist and a 4-year-old boy in the abdomen.

She said the children were cousins of Jamyla. Jamyla’s brother was among the children who were in the yard but he was not hit, Olowookere said. He had been home in August 2015 when Jamyla was killed and his mother was wounded by gunfire at another residence in Ferguson.

The shooting on Friday happened around 5 p.m., according to Ferguson’s acting police chief, Al Eickhoff.

Two vehicles were driving down Dade and at least one person inside fired multiple shots, Eickhoff said.

“You have a senseless drive-by shooting,” Eickhoff said. “Senseless.”

Police say they do not know who the target was.

Michele Atkins, 33, said she was waiting in a car for her boyfriend nearby when she heard several shots. She said there was a lot of screaming and crying when the shooting happened.