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A 5-month-old girl was fatally shot in the head Friday evening in Chicago‘s South Shore neighborhood, according to authorities. She is one of the youngest victims of gun violence in the Windy City.
The infant, identified as Cecilia Thomas, was sitting in the rear of a car when another vehicle pulled up and opened fire in the early evening, Chicago police said.
Thomas was taken to a hospital, where she was declared dead, per officials. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said Thomas was shot in the head. Natalia Derevyanny, a spokeswoman for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, revealed Thomas would have turned 6 months old in four days, according to the Associated Press.
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No one was in custody, the Sun-Times Media Wire reported on Saturday, but area detectives are investigating.
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“I spoke with this mother. Yes, she’s very distraught,” said crisis responder Andrew Holmes, according to the report. “That’s a five month old baby. Nine months she carried that baby, nourished that baby. And it take a damn fool to discharge that weapon and take baby’s life.”
The suspect vehicle is possibly a red Chrysler, according to Holmes, per FOX 32.
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A 41-year-old man in another vehicle who suffered a gunshot wound around an eye drove himself to a hospital and is in good condition, Chicago police said.
The Chicago Police Department recorded 282 homicides this year as of June 19, per AP, down from 316 at that time last year.
