Chicago violence erupts during holiday weekend, at least 67 shot and 13 killed
"We are making progress ... but we have to do better," Mayor Lori Lightfoot says
By Brie Stimson, Peter Aitken | Fox News
Chicago's bloody gun violence continued through the holiday weekend as more than 67 people were shot and at least 13 killed, including a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy.
Nine of the victims were minors, with only the two fatalities so far, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The girl, identified by her family as Natalie Wallace, was outside her grandmother’s home at a Fourth of July party in the city's Austin neighborhood around 7 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up and three men got out and started shooting indiscriminately.
Wallace was shot in her head and pronounced dead after she was rushed to a hospital, police said, according to Chicago's FOX 32.
A 32-year-old man shot during the same attack was in fair condition, FOX 32 reported.
“Tonight, a 7-year-old girl in Austin joined a list of teenagers and children whose hopes and dreams were ended by the barrel of a gun,†Mayor Lori Lightfoot wrote on Twitter. “We cannot grow numb to this. We are making progress in slowing shootings, but we have to do better, every single one of us.â€
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