Chicago Police Department detectives were questioning a person of interest Sunday night in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl who was killed Saturday while visiting family for the holiday weekend in the Austin neighborhood, a police spokesman said.
Natalie Wallace died from injuries she sustained in a shooting at around 7:02 p.m. in the 100 block of North Latrobe Avenue near West Washington Boulevard. According to police, the young girl was on a sidewalk when a light-colored vehicle pulled up and an unknown number of offenders exited the vehicle. The offenders then produced guns and fired shots in the direction of the victim.
Wallace sustained a gunshot wound to the forehead and was taken to Stroger Hospital where she died.
A 32-year-old man also suffered a graze wound in the incident, police stated. That individual self-transported to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was reported to be in fair condition.
Police previously said they weren't sure who the target was in the shooting.
On June 20, a 3-year-old boy was fatally shot in the back while riding in a vehicle, also in the Austin neighborhood.
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As of Sunday evening, a total of 16 people, including Wallace and a 14-year-old boy, have died and at least 69 have been wounded in shootings during the Fourth of July weekend.
