'Sweet, quiet' Baltimore girl, 12, shot to death by man feared by his own mother

A Baltimore family is mourning the "sweet, quiet and respectful" girl that was 12-year-old Breaunna Cormley, who was slaughtered by a man even his own mother fears .

Cormley had been home alone on the night of Friday, July 19, when Omar Passmore approached the house, yelling and screaming. During the incident, which reportedly involved "loud yelling," witnesses told the Baltimore Banner , Passmore shot and killed Cormley for an "unknown reason."

Passmore reportedly has a child with Cormley's mother, charging documents against the 28-year-old reveal. Last year, the Baltimore Banner reported that a Baltimore judge granted Cormley's mother a final order of protection against Passmore related to domestic violence.

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Baltimore District Judge Katie M. O'Hara reportedly ordered Passmore to continue to be held without bail during a bail review hearing on Monday, with his attorney, Michelle Valenti, saying she'd be remaining silent during the ordeal.

The shooting occurred on North Kenwood Avenue, which is just a few blocks north of Patterson park in the major Maryland city. Passmore was charged with both first- and second-degree murder, the use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and reckless endangerment as well as a few other related offenses.

He was also charged in Baltimore County with malicious destruction of property for an unrelated incident that left his mother's home completely trashed.

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One day, Sylvia Wands said Passmore came to her apartment in Windsor Mill, a neighborhood in the county about 14 miles northwest of Baltimore, and began cursing at her and throwing furniture. That was on May 25.

Wands reportedly ran out of her apartment, terrified, according to court documents, and then came back later to find that "everything was broken," including TVs, sound bars, bedroom furniture and more.

She claimed that her tires were flat, too, and that there were bullet holes in her windshield. When her son is around, she doesn't feel safe, she said. "I was scared, I don't feel safe around him. I have not done anything to him, but to be a good mother to my sons, I have done my best as a mother ot help him raise his children."

Passmore reportedly has at least two other children, including a 7-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter. Wands reportedly filed a complaint for custody of those children in Baltimore County Circuit Court, simply writing "danger" in the space where she was asked why it would be in the children's best interest to be handed over to her.

Days after the harrowing murder of Breaunna Cormley, her grandmother, Trina Baker, remembered her granddaughter as "sweet, quiet and respectful" as she said the girl was reserved but "had love." Baker told the Baltimore Banner, "She didn't bother nobody. She was sweet, quiet and respectful. My heart hurts so bad for her."

Talitha Coleman, a friend of Cormley's family who said she watched both Cormley and her mother grow up, said Cormely never left her mother's side as she called her a "homebody" who loved watching shows and "helping out with her brothers and sisters."

Cormley had been enrolled at the National Academy Foundation School, Sherry Christian, a spokesperson for Baltimore City Public Schools, told the Baltimore Banner in an email.

At school, she played basketball, it was reported. A vigil that drew over 50 community members was held to honor Cormley's life was held, organized in part by Safe Streets, the city's flagship violence-intervention program. It featured speeches from several community members and officials, who vowed to do everything they could to end gun violence in the community and ensure that such a tragedy doesn't happen again.

Cormley's family started a GoFundMe campaign, hoping to raise $12,000 for the girl's memorial service, which was scheduled for Aug. 8. As of early Monday afternoon, the fundraiser had garnered over $11,000 toward its goal.

Cormley's neighbors have also been leaving balloons and stuffed animals on the stoop of her home. Baker told the Baltimore Banner that she wants Passmore to pay the price for what he did, calling the act "evil."