12-year-old girl killed in Hartford shooting laid to rest at emotional funeral

Mourners gathered Friday at Bloomfield’s First Cathedral Church to celebrate the life of Se’Cret Pierce, 12, of Hartford, a seventh-grader at Milner School who was shot and killed on Huntington Street on April 21. “I have to go bury my granddaughter,” said the Rev. Samuel Saylor of Hartford, a pastor at Garden Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Springfield, Mass. Saylor buried Se’Cret’s father, Shane Oliver, in 2014 when she was 2-years-old. “His daughter was here and I failed to keep her safe,” Saylor said. Read more: https://www.fox61.com/article/news/lo... -- ➡️Subscribe to FOX61 for exclusive content:    / foxctlive   ➡️Visit our website: https://www.fox61.com/ Follow FOX61 News on social media! ➡️FACEBOOK:   / fox61news   ➡️TWITTER:   / fox61news   ➡️INSTAGRAM:   / fox61news   Download the FOX61 News APP ➡️ iTunes: Click here to download ➡️ Google Play: Click here to download Watch us On Demand with FOX61+! Stream Live on ROKU: Add the channel from the ROKU store or by searching FOX61. Steam Live on FIRE TV: Search ‘FOX61’ and click ‘Get’ to download.