Crime & Safety

3-Year-Old Girl Shot In Chest In West Englewood

Chicago Police Chief of Operations Fred Waller said it appeared the shooters were in a vehicle, but not the victim.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A 3-year-old girl was shot in West Englewood Tuesday evening, officials said. Chicago Police Chief of Operations Fred Waller said shortly before 8 p.m., the girl was shot in the chest in the 7000 block of South Damen Avenue.

The child was taken to the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, but had been stabilized late Tuesday, Waller said. She was wounded in her upper torso.

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