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An 8-year-old Chicago girl riding a scooter was fatally shot in the head by a man who was upset over noise, witnesses said.
"It just didnt make sense. None of it made sense, a neighbor, Megan Kelley, told the Chicago Sun-Times. Everybody in the community would just tell him they are just kids having fun playing. Just let them be.
The shooting happened Saturday night in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood. Police were at the suspect's apartment building Sunday, interviewing people and collecting evidence, hours after the death of Sarabi Medina.
"Before he shot her, he had said something about them being too loud, Kelley said.
After the shooting, the gunman was tackled by Sarabi's father and shot during a struggle, according to a police report. He was taken to a hospital.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/8-year-chicago-girl-fatally-shot-man-upset-102070356
He's lucky the neighbors didn't beat him to death. When will enough be enough?
ProfessorGAC
(66,107 posts)...a guy who was in my junior year homeroom (I left after 3 years for college, so I hadn't seen him since June '73) shot and killed an 11 year old for throwing snowballs at his car. With a 30-06 rifle.
He died of cancer, still in prison, a couple years ago.
This kind of crazy has been among us for quite a while, unfortunately.
Diamond_Dog
(32,536 posts)struggle4progress
(118,566 posts)By John Garcia and Stephanie Wade
Monday, August 7, 2023 5:29PM
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-portage-park-long-avenue-girl-shot/13612824/
struggle4progress
(118,566 posts)Ariel Parrella-Aureli
4:25 PM CDT on Aug 7, 2023
... Holmes said Serabis mother previously was shot and killed, and the father was raising Serabi on his own ... Kelley told the Sun-Times that Serabis mother was fatally shot in Austin in 2018 ...
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/08/07/portage-park-man-charged-with-murder-of-8-year-old-neighbor-after-reportedly-saying-she-was-too-loud/
sakabatou
(42,324 posts)There's so much wrong.