July 14, 2022
West Garfield Park, Chicago S Kilbourn Ave Video shows police officers on scene and they advised that three people were shot.
Officers also advise that one of the male victims was shot in the shoulder.
More News: Jeremiah Moore, 7, died from a gunshot wound to the head in East Chicago, Indiana, after someone opened fire on his family van, his family said.
Family identified the boy as Jeremiah Moore, and said he and his family were on their way home from visiting his grandmother in the city when he was shot and killed.
Jeremiah had been shot in the back of the head. His family first tried to get help at the fire department, then drove to the hospital.
Police said officers responding to the ShotSpotter report of gunfire found nothing at the scene, but went to St. Catherine Hospital to see if anyone came in with a gunshot wound, police said.
While leaving the hospital, officers saw a white van speed onto the emergency room ramp.
They saw a woman get out of the van carrying the boy, who had a gunshot wound to the back of his head, police said, and rushed him inside for treatment.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
“My brother asked me, ‘What did we do?’ You know?” said Dameion Bey, uncle. “‘What did we do?’ That’s all he keeps saying. ‘What did we do?’ We didn’t do nothing!”
Bey said before the shooting his family thought they were being followed by at least one car.
“They said they noticed a red Charger with tinted windows and they said they didn’t think nothing of it,” he said.
Note: At Least 279 Kids 16 And Younger Have Been Shot In Chicago Since 2021.
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