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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sat Apr 6, 2019, 11:25 PM Apr 2019

Several shot, including two children, at baby shower in Chicago

Six people were shot, including two children, at baby shower in Chicago Saturday evening, police said. No one is in custody, CBS Chicago reports.

Chicago police said people at the scene were not cooperating with detectives.

A 10-year-old girl was shot in the shin, and an 8-year-old boy was shot in the chest and back, CBS Chicago reports. They were both stabilized and taken to a local hospital.

A 29-year-old woman was shot in the shoulder and chest. She was taken to a local hospital and is in critical condition.

A 42-year-old man was shot twice in the hip; a 23-year-old man was shot in the left foot; and a 28-year-old man was shot in the right shoulder.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/englewood-shooting-six-people-shot-including-two-children-today-2019-04-06/

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Several shot, including two children, at baby shower in Chicago (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2019 OP
Two innocent children were shot, and the adults aren't talking? Dem2theMax Apr 2019 #1
Bullets are the worst party favors ever ... marble falls Apr 2019 #4
Remember, guns make us safer. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #2
Pistol marksmanship is not a priority with the idiots who own guns in Chicago n/t Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2019 #6
Nine shots. Semi-automatic pistol? How else could nobody be dead? Weird. ancianita Apr 2019 #3
Wonder if 2naSalit Apr 2019 #5

marble falls

(65,487 posts)
4. Bullets are the worst party favors ever ...
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:40 AM
Apr 2019

If the adults wouldn't talk, didn't the kids?

Amazing no-one was killed.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,856 posts)
2. Remember, guns make us safer.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 12:00 AM
Apr 2019

Just a bit of sarcasm.

The only decent news coming from this case is that the injuries don't seem to be very serious, which makes me wonder about the shooter.

Okay, so I've never shot a real gun, have no desire to, and I recognize that making an accurate shot is probably a whole lot harder than I can imagine.

I do wish a speedy recovery to all.

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