CHICAGO — Eight individuals had been shot together with a younger woman who was killed in what Chicago police imagine was gang-related violence on town’s South Facet on Saturday evening.
The 7-year-old woman was shot within the head and died, whereas a 1-year-old boy and a 7-year-old boy had been every shot a number of occasions and listed in vital situation, Chicago Police Division Deputy Chief Don Jerome stated in a information briefing on the scene on a block of 52nd Avenue close to Damen Avenue.
Police responding to a gunfire alert round 9 p.m. utilized tourniquets and chest seals to victims, who additionally included adults between the ages of 19 and 40, Jerome stated.
The victims, who had been standing outdoors at a household gathering on the time of the capturing, had been transported to space hospitals by the Chicago Hearth Division.
The investigation was nonetheless within the preliminary phases however witness accounts described two attainable shooters on foot, Jerome stated.
“This was not a random act of violence. It was seemingly gang-related,” Jerome stated. “Whatever the motivation for this incident, three harmless youngsters had been struck tonight and one in every of them tragically succumbed to her wounds. The offenders’ actions, make no mistake, are horrific and unnaceptable in our metropolis.”
