Girl, 10, dies after being shot in her head on the West side
A 10-year-old girl died hours after being shot in her head Friday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, officials said.
Shamiya Adams was shot about 9:35 p.m. in the 3900 block of West Gladys Avenue, officials said.
She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. The girl had surgery early Saturday morning but died hours later.
Shamiya had been placed on a breathing machine, family members said.
Neighbors said the girl was apparently playing inside a home when a stray bullet struck the youngster. Some family members said she was at a friends sleepover party in a bedroom when a bullet went through the window.
If you cant even be at home, where can you be safe? said Terrence Redmond, a 32-year-old cousin.
But the girls aunt, Trenise Lyons, said Shamiya was with other children on the porch of a friends home when she was wounded after some males were firing shots in the area. Lyons, 32, also said Shamiya was at a sleepover.
Shamiya has two brothers one is a twin, while the other is a teen, Lyons said.
She was just a baby, Lyons said. She didnt deserve this.
On Friday afternoon, three people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
A man, a woman and the girl were on the street in the 700 block of North Ridgeway Avenue about 3:30 p.m. when someone approached on foot and fired at them, police said.
The 33-year-old woman was shot just above her right eye, while the 12-year-old girl suffered a graze wound to the left foot, police said. Both were taken in to Stroger Hospital.
The man, 44, suffered a graze wound to the calf and was treated at the scene, police said.
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Condolences to this child's family and friends. When will this madness stop!!!
I hope that happens real soon!!
She was the most unfortunate one of the 22 shot over the weekend.
Very sad. I'm afraid there will be more innocent children and adults gunned down. Very scary!
Actually, I'm not sure it is 22. That was earlier in the weekend. As bad as it sounds relative to population Chicago isn't even in the top 5 cities. Chicago is so big and has so many people when you say Chicago had this or that, it could be like saying a half dozen or more counties somewhere else had this or that. It appears like everything else they have some really bad apples and most are located in one main area.
All the same, it doesn't matter with this family. The loss of their daughter is what is important to them. We're not ants. We're humans and every human that is killed is a tragedy for someone.