Chicago baby shot 5 times, father once? Human shield?

[elehhhhna]

That's what the LEOs think.

Dad changes a diaper in the van in 30 degree weather in front of his own home? Shot once in the behind? Baby shot 5 times while laying on the front seat? Does this make any sense? How? We may as well try to figure it out - the family, neighbors, etc. refuse to assist in the investigation.




My old hometown is growing more sucky all the time.

[Quantess]

1. I'm sure gossiping it about it on the internet

by keyboard warriors equipped with speculation is the clearest path to getting to the bottom of what actually happened that day. Carry on!

[Bonobo]

2. What a piece of shit OP.

What a piece of shit piece of speculation.

[Robb]

10. +1.

[Gravitycollapse]

3. Inform the police that DU has the investigation under control.

We will let them know our findings.

[Zephie]

4. Wow aren't you the sensitive one...

There's a newborn dead and a family in mourning. Sometimes horrible stuff just happens in unfortunate ways. How about some sympathy or is "scum bag" until proven otherwise how things work around here now?

[elehhhhna]

7. i posted b/c the whole thing bothers the hell out of me

and having CPD in my family I can say that the first responders who witness this shit on a regular basis are stressed and frustrated. If you all want to pretend that all people are noble, go ahead.

[pnwmom]

8. The account you read might have some details wrong. So maybe you should wait

before you start blaming the father.

[elehhhhna]

13. thankyou

that was rational, and kindly said. got it.

[morningfog]

5. Link?

[pnwmom]

6. Why do you say he was shot in front of his own home? That's not what I read.

And I also read he was shot in the face, side, and buttocks. Sounds like they were just spraying bullets and some hit him and some hit her.

I've learned not to trust too many details I read in the media right after a disaster occurs; so often they're wrong. But the police say they have a video, so hopefully that will clarify things.


http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130311/woodlawn/baby-shot-multiple-times-another-wounded-woodlawn#ixzz2NZD2f5AL

The shooting happened at 12:48 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.


Watkins was visiting friends in the area, family members said. Officer John Mirabelli, a Chicago Police spokesman, said Watkins had his back to an alley as he was changing his daughter's diaper on the passenger seat of a parked tan van. A man emerged from an alley and fired several shots at him from behind, grazing his right cheek and striking him in the buttocks and left side, Mirabelli said.

SNIP

Dominique Young, 21, another aunt who lives nearby, heard “big gunshots” ring out and ran toward the scene. She arrived to find the driver’s side window of Watkins’ van shot out and the passenger door open.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-baby-jonylah-watkins-dead-shot-times/story?id=18710150

Police have a video of the vehicle, but with Watkins in critical condition they do not have a good cooperating witness, McCarthy said.

[Aerows]

9. He's still in the hospital

in critical condition. He was hit three times. I think drawing the conclusion that he was acting nefariously is rather awful. If you are at the point where you are in critical condition at the hospital after being shot 3 times, it's a little ridiculous to be accused of using a child as a human shield.

She was hit five times. That's at least 8 bullets flying around, probably more. That isn't some "human shield" situation that's an attempt to execute people.

[Robb]

11. The family pastor has said the father is cooperating fully.

But please continue.

[Journeyman]

12. Yes. Because we all know what magnificent marksmen street gang thugs are. . .

The only explanation for any unattributed speculation is their must have been a human sacrifice.

I have to agree with the others on this thread: Get back to us when you have some facts.

[CBGLuthier]

14. When the terms LEO and the word THINK are joined together

I shudder at the eventual inanity of it.