According to officials, a baby girl and two teenagers were killed in a shooting on a Chicago highway on Sunday night, Feb. 19, gistpeople reports
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According to state police, three other people were injured in the shooting on the I-57 expressway on Chicago’s south side around 10:30 p.m.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the slain infant was 1-year-old A-mara Hall, who was pronounced dead after being rushed to the hospital by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Authorities said she was shot in the torso.
Other fatalities included 13-year-old William Smith and 19-year-old Nasir Hall, both of whom were pronounced dead at the scene. They were reportedly shot multiple times.
According to the Chicago Fire Department, one of the surviving victims is a 14-year-old boy who was hospitalized in fair to serious condition.
The ages and conditions of the two other injured victims were not disclosed.
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According to the newspaper, “everyone in that vehicle had some kind of injury, whether critical or minor,” a state police spokesperson said.
According to police, the car carrying the victims deviated from the highway and braked near an exit ramp.
State police emphasized that the investigation is “still in its infancy” and declined to say whether anyone has been arrested.
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“We have to get these baby killers off the street,” activist Andrew Holmes said as he announced a $7,000 reward for information on the shooting, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
