5-month-outdated female fatally shot in Chicago

Daniel Chaitin

June 26, 10:11 AM June 26, 10:11 AM

A 5-month-aged woman was fatally shot in the head Friday evening in Chicago's South Shore community, according to authorities. She is a single of the youngest victims of gun violence in the Windy Metropolis.

The infant, recognized as Cecilia Thomas, was sitting in the rear of a automobile when yet another auto pulled up and opened fire in the early evening, Chicago police claimed.

Thomas was taken to a medical center, in which she was declared lifeless, for every officers. The Cook County Healthcare Examiner's Office environment reported Thomas was shot in the head. Natalia Derevyanny, a spokeswoman for the Prepare dinner County Medical Examiner's Business, disclosed Thomas would have turned 6 months aged in four days, in accordance to the .

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No a person was in custody, the Sunshine-Situations Media Wire claimed on Saturday, but spot detectives are investigating.

"I spoke with this mother. Yes, she's really distraught," mentioned disaster responder Andrew Holmes, according to the report. "That's a five month old little one. 9 months she carried that newborn, nourished that baby. And it acquire a damn idiot to discharge that weapon and acquire baby's lifetime."

The suspect car is probably a pink Chrysler, in accordance to Holmes, for every FOX 32.

A 41-12 months-previous gentleman in a different car who suffered a gunshot wound around an eye drove himself to a healthcare facility and is in very good condition, Chicago law enforcement explained.

The Chicago Police Section recorded 282 homicides this 12 months as of June 19, for each WHD, down from 316 at that time last year.