CANARYVILLE — An 8-year-old girl was killed and three other people were injured Monday evening when someone shot into their vehicle in Canaryville, according to Chicago Police.
The shooting occurred around 6:00 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Union Avenue, according to police.
The girl and three adults were in a black SUV that was stopped at a red light facing north on Union Avenue. Another vehicle, a black Dodge Charger, was idling directly behind the car, Chicago Police Chief of Operations Brian McDermott said Monday.
When the light turned green, someone from the Charger vehicle fired multiple shots at the SUV carrying the little girl, McDermott said. The victims’ vehicle drove north on Union before hitting a car and crashing into a tree. The Charger made a u-turn and sped away, heading south, McDermott said.
The 8-year-old was shot in the back and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at at 6:28 p.m. A 30-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man also were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, both having been shot in the back.
The girl’s mother was injured when their car crashed. All three adults were listed in critical condition, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.
Police have made no arrests and are continuing to investigate.
Police are “saddened and angered that another child has lost her life to senseless gun violence in the city of Chicago,” McDermott said.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact cpdtip.com.
A rash of shootings
Several young children and teenagers have been shot in recent months in Chicago, many of them fatally.
On Aug. 19, a 9-year-old boy and his mom were shot in Austin.
Days before that, the 12-year-old son of a Chicago firefighter was shot several times in his legs in Woodlawn.
In early August, 9-year-old Janari Ricks was shot to death in Cabrini Green, not long after young children marched in a Kids Lives Matter demonstration in Woodlawn protesting gun violence.
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Days later, an 8-year-old boy was wounded in North Lawndale.
On July 30, an 8-year-old boy was among two shot in Altgeld Gardens in the Far South Side, according to the Sun-Times.
On July 27, a baby was shot and critically wounded while riding in a car on the Bishop Ford Expressway in the Far South Side.
On July 22, a 3-year-old girl was shot and seriously wounded in South Shore.
On July 16, a 5-month-old baby was wounded in a shooting in Old Town when a bullet grazed his eye.
On July 4, 7-year-old Natalia Wallace was fatally shot while visiting family in Austin.
On June 30, a 3-year-old girl was shot and wounded in Englewood.
On June 27, 20-month-old Sincere Gaston was shot and killed in Englewood. The same night, 10-year-old Lena Nunez Anaya was fatally shot in Logan Square.
On June 22, a 3-year-old girl was wounded when a bullet grazed her in Chicago Lawn.
On June 20, 3-year-old Mekhi James and 13-year-old Amaria Jones were killed in separate shootings on the West Side.
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