Friday, 1 November 2019

A 7-year-old girl in a bumblebee costume was shot while trick-or-treating in Chicago

Chicago halloween shooting 7 year oldJohn J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP

  • A 7-year-old girl out trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume was critically injured Thursday night by gunfire, the police said.
  • The shooting occurred early Halloween evening as the girl was walking with her family and other trick-or-treaters along a street in the Little Village neighborhood. She was not believed to be the target.
  • The police said a group of men were chasing another man along the street when someone in the group fired at the intended victim.
  • The girl, who was shot in the upper chest area, was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
  • A 31-year-old man was shot in the left hand and taken to a nearby hospital in good condition.
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A 7-year-old girl out trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume was critically injured Thursday night by stray gunfire, the police said.

The girl, who was shot in the upper chest area, was taken to Stroger Hospital in life-threatening condition, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesman, Larry Langford. A 31-year-old man was shot in the left hand and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition, The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune reported.

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