A 7-Year-Old Is In Critical Condition After Being Shot While Trick-Or-Treating With Her Family
Nov 1, 2019, 3:25 PM | Updated: Jun 7, 2022, 4:03 pm
A night of trick-or-treating ended with a 7-year-old girl critically injured after she was shot Thursday night in Chicago. (WBBM)
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(CNN) — A juvenile is being questioned in the Thursday evening shooting of a 7-year-old trick-or-treater in Chicago that left the girl in critical condition, a police spokesman said.
Detectives also recovered a firearm that may be connected to the shooting, Chicago Police chief communications officer Anthony Guglielmi said via Twitter.
The girl, dressed as a bumble bee, was out with her family around 5:30 p.m. when a group of men chasing another man began firing, Chicago Police Department Sgt. Rocco Alioto told reporters Thursday night.
The child was shot in the lower neck, police said, and is in critical condition at Stroger Hospital.
The child is “fighting for her life,” Alioto said.
“This is unacceptable. It’s a 7-year-old girl that’s trick-or-treating with her family out here and happens to get shot because a group of guys want to shoot at another male while there is a street full of kids trick-or-treating,” Alioto said.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson called the shooting “reprehensible” and those behind it “cowards” during a news conference Friday announcing historic lows in the number of homicides and shootings during October in the city.
“None of that matter if parents that live in certain communities can’t even take their children out on Halloween,” he said.
Police earlier said they had identified a person of interest in the shooting. Police believe the shooting was the result of a dispute between two gangs and multiple offenders were involved, but police do not have an exact number, Johnson said. The shooter wore a “Jason” mask from the “Friday the 13th” movie, he said.
Detectives were reviewing surveillance video from the scene and numerous tips from residents, Johnson said.
A 31-year-old man was shot in the incident. He is in stable condition after being transported to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left hand, police said.
There is no relationship between the victims, police said.
