Abc7Chicago.com – The shooting happened around 6:40 p.m. Thursday in the 8000 block of South Princeton Avenue in West Chatham, Chicago police said.
The victim, Sabrina Hunter, said after being shot in the head, she had just enough strength to find her cell phone and call police. She spoke to ABC7 from her hospital bed, saying she’s thankful she’s alive and surrounded by her family.
“I just felt something hit me like a blow,” Hunter said. “Got up and I said, ‘I’m shot! I’m shot in my head!’ And, I started screaming and calling my momma.”
But, no one was there. The 47-year-old grandmother was home alone.
We can’t respond and react with violence. We can’t. I just feel that we need God. We need God.
“Then, I just started quoting scriptures, and… I couldn’t see nothing,” Hunter said. “Like, I couldn’t see the phone. Everything was blurry for me… I didn’t panic. I just felt the calm of God. He gave me his peace and comfort. He gave me his peace.”
Her desperate efforts to call for help prevailed, with police responding soon after.
“I know my God is real,” Hunter said.
In her agony and despair, instead of being angry with whoever did this, she’s calling on her faith that, she says, made her a survivor.
“We can’t respond and react with violence. We can’t,” Hunter said. “I just feel that we need God. We need God.”
Hunter’s family said she was lucky enough to avoid having surgery, at least for now. They don’t know when she’ll get released from the hospital.
No further information about the circumstances surrounding the shooting was immediately available.
Chicago police continue to investigate. No arrests have been made.
Neighbors ABC7 spoke to Friday said it is a quiet street and rarely sees this type of violence. But that changed Thursday night when they heard six shots, one striking Hunter in the head in her front room. The bullet hole can still be seen in the window.
