Aug 28, 2022
RawNews1st/Tech – A 5-year-old is in critical condition following a shooting in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon.Â
According to the Chicago Police Department, the child and a 25-year-old man were both shot when they were traveling in a vehicle in the 7600 block of North Paulina just after 5 p.m. Someone in a black Hyundai drove alongside the victims’ vehicle, and seone inside started shooting.
The 25-year-old was shot in the left hand and shoulder and drove himself to St. Francis Hospital in good condition.
The 5-year-old, who police originally believed to be 6, was shot in the head.
He was transported to Lurie Children’s Hospital in critical condition.
Note: Firearm-related deaths increased by 28% from 2019 to 2020 — the most recent data available — from 7,947 gun-related deaths in 2019 among children and people age 24 and younger to 10,197 in 2020, according to a report released this week by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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