8-year-old shot to death during violent night in AtlantaAn 8-year-old girl died after she was shot during a night of violence across metro Atlanta.
The shooting occurred just before 10 p.m. on University Avenue near I-75/85. The shooting happened in the same area as the deadly shooting death of Rayshard Brooks by a former Atlanta Police officer last month.
According to police, the child was riding in a car with her mom and an adult friend when car exited the interstate near the intersection of University Avenue and Pryor Road. Police said the driver was attempting to enter the parking lot on the 1200 block of Pryor Road when they were confronted by a group of armed individuals who were blocking the entrance.
Someone in the group began shooting at the car, hitting it multiple times including the shot that hit the child.
https://www.cbs46.com/news/8-year-old-dies-during-night-of-violence-in-atlanta/article_3de6674c-be41-11ea-8e33-2b7eacb8bee8.htmlMayor Beetlejuice must feel very proud:
Chicago July 4th: Boy, 14, among 4 killed in Englewood shooting that hurt 4 others amid violent weekendThree children were among eight people shot Saturday, four of them fatally, in Englewood on the South Side.
They were at a large gathering in the street about 11:35 p.m. in the 6100-block of South Carpenter Street when four males walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago police.
A 14-year-old boy was hit in the back and pronounced dead at Comer Children's Hospital, police said.
Three other male victims were pronounced dead, two at the scene and one at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. Their ages were not immediately known.
The Cook County medical examiner's office has not released details about the fatalities.
An 11-year-old boy with a graze wound to the ankle and a 15-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the abdomen were both taken to Comer in fair condition, police said.
https://abc7chicago.com/girl-teen-boy-among-dead-in-violent-chicago-july-4th-weekend/6299274/7-year-old girl described as ‘very quiet and sweet’ is fatally shot on Chicago’s West SideA 7-year-old girl who was known as a diligent and loving student was fatally shot in the head Saturday evening while she was on a sidewalk in the South Austin neighborhood, authorities said.
Emergency crews were called to the 100 block of North Latrobe Avenue just after 7 p.m., according to Larry Merritt, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department.
The girl, who was shot in the head, was taken to Stroger Hospital, initially in critical condition, Merritt said. Police said she suffered a gunshot wound to the forehead.
She was on the sidewalk when a vehicle pulled up and people got out and started shooting toward where she was, according to a police media notification.
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