Shootings across Chicago kill 3 kids

Chicago: Shootings across Chicago over the weekend have left three children dead, including a 10-yearold girl who was struck in the head by a stray bullet that came through an apartment window. The Saturday night death was among at least 10 shooting fatalities since Friday evening.

Chicago, June 28: Shootings across Chicago over the weekend have left three children dead, including a 10-year-old girl who was struck in the head by a stray bullet that came through an apartment window. The Saturday night death was among at least 10 shooting fatalities since Friday evening, which follow a deadly Father’s Day weekend and fresh concerns about a violent summer ahead.

Earlier Saturday, a oneyear-old boy was killed and his mother injured when a gunman opened fire on their vehicle. And a 17-year-old died at a hospital after he got into an altercation and someone fired shots. “The pain of losing a child never goes away,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Saturday on Twitter. “As a mother, I am tired of the funerals. I am tired of burying our children. Her office didn’t immediately have further comment Sunday. A recent spate of shootings in Chicago and other cities have had authorities on edge.

Experts say non-suicidal gun deaths are on track to top last year. The news comes as the American public is dealing with the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic and economic fallout, divisions over racial justice and policing, and heightened political divisions of a presidential election year. The girl died at a hospital after the shooting in the Logan Square neighbourhood.