Two kids, 3 and 10, became the latest child victims of gun violence Friday night during separate attacks on the city’s West and South Sides.
They were at least the 13th and 14th children shot — some of whom were killed — in a month.
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Around 11 p.m., the 3-year-old girl was a back seat passenger of a car in the 4200 block of West Cermak Road when a black car approached and someone from inside fired shots at the girl’s car, police said.
As gunfire shattered car’s back window, bullet fragments hit the top of her head. She was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.
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A little earlier in the night, the 10-year-old boy was walking on the sidewalk with his father and another man and child on the 1000 block of East 93rd Street around 8:37 p.m., police said, when a person in a red car fired shots at the group.
The boy was taken by his father to Comer Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left leg and was listed in good condition.
Just two days earlier, another 3-year-old — who was sleeping in his home — and an 8-year-old were shot in unrelated shootings. Both boys were taken to hospitals where the younger boy was treated for a wound to his elbow while the older boy suffered a graze wound to his leg.
August saw another rash of children shot — including 5-year-old Devin McGregor, who was killed in Rogers Park while near his father, who police said was the target.
The Aug. 20 shooting of a 6-year-old girl which happened while she attended an Englewood birthday party, came just days after seven children were shot in the city in less than 17 hours.
Police were investigating and reported two arrests following the shooting of a 12-year-old boy who was critically injured Tuesday in the 1800 block of West 21st Place about 10:30 p.m., police said. Two men were charged with attempted first-degree murder.
