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Two more children – a baby and 9-year-old girl – were caught in the crossfire of Chicago’s gun violence epidemic within hours of each other Thursday, prompting community leaders to voice renewed calls for action. Mikyla James, 9, was shot in the head Thursday afternoon while riding in a car in the 800 block of East 79th Street in the…

A young girl was shot in the head and another man was injured in a shooting near the intersection of 79th Street and Maryland on Thursday afternoon. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A child was shot and killed Friday afternoon in the south suburban village of Burbank, authorities said.

Authorities are searching for a suspect after a 7-year-old girl was killed and her father wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon while sitting inside a vehicle at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Chicago’s Homan Square neighborhood, according to police. Lisa Chavarria reports.

Authorities are searching for a suspect after a 7-year-old girl was killed and her father wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon while sitting inside a vehicle at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Chicago’s Homan Square neighborhood, according to police.

Community members and family members expressed grief and frustration Sunday after a 7-year-old girl was fatally shot while sitting inside a vehicle at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Chicago’s Homan Square neighborhood.

A 7-year-old girl was fatally shot Sunday afternoon and a second person sustained gunshot injuries while sitting inside a vehicle at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Chicago’s Homan Square neighborhood, police said. The shooting was reported at 4:18 p.m. at the McDonald’s located at 3200 West Roosevelt Road, near the intersection of South Kedzie Avenue. According to Chicago police, both...

A woman and a 4-year-old boy were injured in a drive-by Friday in Gresham on the South Side. The 18-year-old woman and the child were standing outside about 11:30 p.m. in the 8600 block of South Honore Street when someone fired shots from a passing black Dodge Challenger, Chicago police said. The boy was hit in the leg and taken…

A man was charged Wednesday in connection with a fatal shooting that left a 10-year-old girl dead in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood in late June. Christopher Lara, 19, of Streamwood, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the shooting. Police said Lara was the driver of a vehicle that a gunman opened fire from on June 27….

An 8-year-old girl was injured Saturday when a bullet flew through the window of an Englewood home on the South Side. She was sitting on a couch at 11:18 p.m. inside the home on Wood Street when the stray bullet came through the window and grazed her on her head, according to Chicago police. She was taken to Comer...

A 10-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet Saturday inside a Logan Square home. The girl was inside an apartment about 9:40 p.m. in the 3500 block of West Dickens Avenue when the bullet came through a window and struck her in the head, Chicago police said. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police…

One man is dead, and a 7-year-old girl is injured after a shooting in Humboldt Park Sunday morning. Police said a man was driving with a child and at least two other adults in the 1300 block of N. Rockwell. Just after 3 a.m. Sunday, the victims heard shots being fired in that same block, according to Chicago police. The…

A father who police say fabricated a story of a robbery and home invasion after his 4-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the head in their North Philadelphia home faces involuntary manslaughter charges.

A 6-year-old boy was injured in a shooting Monday on Chicago’s Far South Side, police said. At approximately 5:15 p.m., the young boy and an adult male were walking in the area of 83rd Street and Exchange when they heard gunshots, and the boy felt pain. The young boy sustained a gunshot wound to the arm and was taken...