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Girl, 6, shot in Pill Hill backyard: Chicago police

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A little girl was shot in the leg Saturday afternoon on the city’s Far South Side.

She was in a backyard in the 9100 block of South Paxton Avenue about 4 p.m. when an assailant fired shots and she was grazed in her thigh, police said.

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The 6-year-old was taken in good condition to Comer Children’s Hospital.

Area Two Detectives are investigating.

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