CHICAGO (WLS) — An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed, and the suspected gunman was critically injured in a shooting and ensuing struggle on Chicago’s Northwest Side Saturday night, Chicago police said.
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As of Sunday afternoon the shooting totals are:
Friday 8/4
3:15p 11400 S Calumet, Roseland, M/19
10:45p 2600 W 72nd, Chicago Lawn, M/31
Saturday 8/5
12:45a 1600 N Cicero, Austin, M/30
12:55a 600 E 46th, Grand Boulevard, M/29
1:35a 6600 S California, Chicago Lawn, F/25
2:20a 500 N State, Near North Side, M/40
2:45a 10700 S Calhoun, South Deering, F/40
5:55a 2700 W Van Buren, Garfield Park, M/14
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2:05p 4100 W 26th, Little Village, M/44
3:10p 8400 S Wentworth, Chatham, M/32
4:40p 9400 S Stony Island, Calumet Heights, M/25
6:55p 2444 E 72nd, South Shore, M/30
7:10p 2500 N Richmond, Logan Square, M/26
9:40p 3500 N Long, Portage Park, F/8
9:40p 3500 N Long, Portage Park, M/?
11:40p 2400 N Meade, Belmont Cragin, M/34
11:55p 8200 S May, Auburn Gresham, M/30
Sunday 8/6
12:00a 2900 S State, Douglas, M/19
12:15a 10400 S Avenue N, East Side, M/19
12:15a 10400 S Avenue N, East Side, F/16
12:15a 10400 S Avenue N, East Side, M/20
1:10a 1500 N Milwaukee, West Town, M/26
2:05a 12100 S Ashland, Washington Heights, M/?
2:55a 600 W 119th, West Pullman, M/30
(Stats in bold are MURDERS)
CPD said a male suspect known to police walked up to a group of people in the 3500-block of North Long Avenue in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood about 9:40 p.m., and shot the girl in the head.
Someone on the scene attempted to disarm the suspect, and the suspect was shot in the face in the struggle, police said.
The girl was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, where she died a short time later, police said.
The suspect was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition.
It’s not yet known why the girl was targeted.
A weapon was recovered on the scene, and Area Five detectives are investigating.
CPD said later Sunday that the suspect was in custody, and charges are pending.
