A heartbroken family’s desperate plea for justice after a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed in Queens.

“It’s like you’re stuck in a nightmare and you’re trying to wake up, but you have sleep paralysis so you cannot wake up,” said Benita Bortey, Claudia Quaatey’s aunt.

Loved ones held a viewing and wake for Quaatey at J. Foster Funeral Home in Saint Albans on Friday. Police say Quaatey was sitting in an SUV outside Locust Manner Park last month when a bullet struck her in the head.

“We were shocked, we were then numb, we were sorrowful,” said Bortey. “We are in extreme and unimaginable pain right now and at the end of the day, we’re now becoming angry.”

According to the NYPD, three unknown men discharged a firearm before fleeing on foot.

Police say Quaatey was involved in some sort of dispute with a group of girls before the shooting, but it is unclear if the two incidents are related.

“Imagine if it’s your sister, your daughter, your cousin, your niece. Look at the soul that we have lost,” said Catherine Cudjoe, Quaatey’s aunt.

Bortey says she was a kind soul, always willing to help those less fortunate than she was.

She says she envisioned Quaatey becoming a nurse one day.

“She’s the girl who goes home to Ghana,” said Bortey. “She walks to the market giving people that are homeless or have far less than she does, giving the money out of her pocket, trying to feed their children. That’s Claudia.”

Claudia’s family members say they want justice and they’re calling on city, state and national leaders to address gun violence before another innocent life is lost.

“Enough is enough, and the government needs to do something. And who ever did this to this beautiful young soul, regardless of first offense, they need to be dealt with,” said Cudjoe.

Quaatey’s family is pleading with the public: if you know something, say something.

Anyone with information can call the crime stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.