A 7-year-old child was also found by local law enforcement to have suffered from gunshot wounds.
According to the latest data from the
, 806 children and teenagers have been killed by gunfire so far this year. In addition, more than 2,000 have been injured due to guns.In another shooting this weekend, police in Chicago said that a 5-month-old girl sitting in a car wasafter someone in a nearby vehicle opened fire. A 41-year-old man was also injured and suffered a"gunshot wound to the eye area," but was initially reported to be in good condition.
"I spoke with this mother. Yes, she's very distraught," crisis responder Andrew Holmes, said of the shooting, according to the Sun-Times Media Wire."That's a five month old baby. Nine months she carried that baby, nourished that baby. And it take a damn fool to discharge that weapon and take baby's life."
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