7‑year-old dead in Chica­go mass shoot­ing, oth­er chil­dren injured

At least three chil­dren were among eight peo­ple shot in Chica­go on Sat­ur­day night, with police report­ing that one 7‑year-old girl was killed.
Police respond­ed to Chicago’s Back of the Yards neigh­bor­hood on the South Side after being alert­ed to 18 gun­shot rounds in the area, Chica­go Police Depart­ment offi­cials said dur­ing a press con­fer­ence Sat­ur­day via CNN.
The vic­tims include five adults and three chil­dren, with ages rang­ing from 19 to 40. All the vic­tims were tak­en to local hos­pi­tals, police said.
A 7‑year-old girl was shot in the head and lat­er pro­nounced dead, while a 1‑year-old boy and a 7‑year-old boy were both shot mul­ti­ple times. The for­mer was tak­en into the hos­pi­tal in crit­i­cal condition,n and the lat­ter was left with crit­i­cal injuries.
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“This was not a ran­dom act of vio­lence. It was like­ly gang-relat­ed,” Chica­go Police Deputy Chief Don Jerome said dur­ing the news con­fer­ence. …