Crime & Safety
14-Year-Old Girl Shot In Face, Chest: Chicago Police
She was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said.
CHICAGO — A 14-year-old girl was severely injured in a weekend shooting in Chicago, according to police.
Officers responded around 2:30 a.m. Saturday to the 300 block of South Laramie Avenue in the city’s Austin neighborhood for a report of a person shot, police said.
They arrived to find a vehicle with multiple gunshots and, a short distance away, they saw the girl, who had suffered gunshot wounds to the face and chest, according to police.
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She was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. Detectives are investigating, according to police.
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