SALINA- An innocent Salina girl was shot and killed while a passenger in a pickup traveling a residential street on Wednesday evening.

Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson said Allie Saum, 17, died of a gunshot wound to the head, after several shots were fired at a pickup traveling in the 500 block of Russell Street just before 9:30 p.m.

Nelson said individuals arrested in connection with the shooting, thought the occupants in the pickup were involved in the fight and were standing in the street when the pickup driven by 18-year-old Vince Johnson drove by.

Johnson stopped the pickup in the 800 block of Russell.

Nelson, during a morning police briefing, thanked residents who helped police with a description of a car driven by the five suspects

Saum was taken to Salina Regional Health Center where she died early Thursday morning.

The five arrested were:
22-year-old Macio Palacio on requested charges of felony murder, and unlawful discharge of a weapon.
19-year-old Jerome Forbes, 17-year-old Stephen Gentry, 19-year-old Daniel Sims, on requested charges of conspiracy to commit felony murder, conspiracy to commit criminal discharge of a weapon and obstruction.
17-year-old Andrew Woodring on requested charges of conspiracy to commit felony murder, conspiracy to commit criminal discharge of a weapon.
21-year-old Azucena Garcia-Ferniza on requested charges of felony obstruction and child endangerment.

Chief Nelson offered his condolences to the family of Saum, and said the suspects and victim did not know each other.

Crime scene investigators were out at the site of the shooting early Thursday morning.

Police will issue a complete statement concerning the case later Thursday.