An 8-year-old girl is dead and at least 10 others, including three children, were injured in a mass shooting in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday night.
According to police, officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 2000 block of West 52nd Street just after 9 p.m. Saturday, and when they arrived on scene they found at least 11 gunshot victims.
An 8-year-old girl was among those shot. She was struck in the head by gunfire, and was later pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital, police said.
A 1-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were both shot multiple times in the abdomen, and both were rushed to area hospitals in critical condition, according to police.
Another 9-year-old child suffered a graze wound to the finger, and was listed in good condition at an area hospital.
A 36-year-old man was shot in the right arm and in the back, and was listed in critical condition, police said.
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At least six other victims were shot, and all were listed in good condition at area hospitals.
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Exact circumstances of the shooting are still being investigated, but an individual in a black sedan fired dozens of shots into a crowd of people at the scene before fleeing south on Damen Avenue, according to an eyewitness.
No suspects are in custody, and police are investigating.
