A 3-year-old girl was abducted off a South Los Angeles street Saturday night, and the people who run that city want you to know they're working on systemic solutions — just not fast enough to save Marieny Calderon.

The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert around 10:30 p.m. after the girl was taken from the Highland Park area near S. Avenue 49 and Figueroa Street at roughly 7:35 p.m., according to CBS News. Police say she was taken by someone driving a gray 2019 Toyota RAV4 with California plate 9ETY017. No suspect has been identified. Calderon is described as about three feet tall, 27 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, last seen wearing a black shirt, red shorts, and pink and white shoes.

Anyone who sees the child or the vehicle should call 911 immediately.

While Los Angeles searches for a missing toddler, Baltimore is burying another child — this time a 12-year-old girl caught in the crossfire of two gunmen who decided a parking dispute was worth killing over.

The New York Post reported that two adult men opened fire on each other during an argument over a parking space near a youth football homecoming event at Leon Day Park. The girl, who was there to watch football, was shot and killed. Three adults — a 25-year-old woman, a 28-year-old man, and a 23-year-old man — were also wounded and listed in stable condition.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley didn't mince words: "What we know is that there was some type of argument between two cowards, and of course, they both opened fire on each other."

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott called it "one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life" and said, "Two grown men got into an argument and now a 12-year-old is gone."

No arrests had been announced as of late Saturday.

And in Marshfield, Missouri, a 5-year-old girl is dead after finding her father's improperly secured gun and accidentally shooting herself Saturday morning, according to Live 5 News. Marshfield Police Chief Doug Fannen said officers responded to the home around 10 a.m. The girl died at the scene. Police are looking into possible criminal charges against the father.

Three girls. Three American cities. A toddler stolen, a child gunned down at a park, a kindergartner who never should have had access to a firearm. The mayors will hold press conferences. The commissioners will call people cowards. The alerts will go out. And then another weekend will pass, and it will happen again.

The question isn't whether these are tragedies. The question is why the people in charge keep offering the same press conferences instead of the same results — and why American children keep paying the price.