Chicago shootings: 25 shot, 5 killed, including 5-month-old girl, in weekend violence, police say
Sun-Times Media Wire
Monday, June 27, 2022 6:56AM
CHICAGO -- Chicago weekend shootings have left at least 25 shot, five fatally, police said.
A five-month-old infant was shot just after 6 p.m. Friday in the 7700-block of South Shore Drive, Chicago police said. Cecilia Thomas was inside a car when another car approached and someone inside that second car opened fire, striking her in the head, police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said. The girl's father pulled over near 71st Street and Crandon Avenue after she began crying, according to a nearby business owner.
The infant was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where she later died from her injuries, officials said. A man who was in a separate car was shot around the eye, police said. He went to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was reported in good condition.
At least a dozen of the girl's family members gathered outside Comer following the shooting. "All we heard was baby got shot in the car," said one relative, who declined to give their name. "She got shot in the head," a woman screamed at an officer near the emergency room entrance of the hospital. "I hope y'all catch whoever did this," a woman screamed through tears at her phone. "Took that damn baby's life."
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