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Chicago Park Manor Gang Question Easter Shooting Injures 5 Children

Chicago Park Manor Gang Question Easter Shooting Injures 5 Children
tags Timeline 2014, drive by shooting, gang cover story, Children Targeted, Chicago, christian victims, left church, Father Michael Pfleger, easter holy day, unconnected events



5 wounded, suspects sought April 20, 2014 Chicago Park Manor Gang Question Easter Shooting Injures 5 Children At Park Manor neighborhood Near Chicago, Illinois, 5 children were wounded walking from apark when a car drove by, asked if they had gang ties, and started shooting. Two girls 11 and 15 were hospitalized. A grandmother said they had just got out of Easter service at church and let the children play in the park. Community activist Father Michael Pfleger called for a peace vigil as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wasexpected to attend. It was a particularly bad weekend when nine people were shot to death and 35 were injured in shootings over the weekend according to Chicago police.


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Amid weekend of violence, 6 children shot Sunday night


Five children, ranging in age from 11 to 15, were shot by someone who fired from a car shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 6600 block of South Michigan Avenue in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side, police said. had been playing at a park near an elementary school and were walking home when a car pulled up and someone asked if they were in a particular gang,youngest, 11-year-old Tymisha Washington, was the most seriously wounded a 5th grader, had just hours earlier had returned from church and shared an Easter dinner with relatives. She was struck by two bullets, one that hit her chin and one that punctured a lung and broke her collarbone, her parents said.
... Earlier Sunday, there were two other shootings in Little Village, each with gang overtones. A 25-year-old man was shot in the abdomen about 1:30 a.m. on Hamlin Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets and a 35-year-old man was shot about an hour later at 27th Street and Kildare Avenue. In both instances, gang slogans were shouted by the attackers

Park Manor drive-by injures 5 children near 67th and ...

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Apr 21, 2014 - Two girls, 11 and 15 years old, remain hospitalized after a drive-byshooting in which three other children were also wounded.Two girls, 11 and 15 years old, remain hospitalized after a drive-by shooting in which three other children were also wounded. Someone inside a vehicle opened fire near 67th and Michigan around 7:40 p.m. Sunday. Police said the suspects asked if any of the children had gang ties and opened fire before thy answered...No one is in custody in the shooting. The children's grandmother said they do not have gang ties, and they had just left church to play in the park.
"Why shoot innocent children that's just trying to live day to day. Why try to kill them?" Rebecca Washington, grandmother, said. "I'm just devastated my grandchildren can't even have a Sunday. Go to church, enjoy God's service, and then can't go outside to play without getting shot."
Deadly weekend in Chicago; St. Sabina's hosts vigil
Nine people were shot to death and 35 were injured in shootings over the weekend, according to Chicago police...Community activist Father Michael Pfleger called upon parents and children to gather at St. Sabina Parish, 7800 South Racine, on the city's South Side for a vigil at 6 p.m. The church released a statement, "This is unacceptable! Violence cannot be an option and warm weather cannot lead to a loss of lives."






  • Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to attend the peace vigil.









  • Articles about Park Manor - Chicago Tribune

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    A 23-year-old man was critically wounded this afternoon in a shooting on the South Side in the city's Park Manor neighborhood. About 12:09 p.m., police and ...









  • Amid weekend of violence, 6 children shot Sunday night ...

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    Chicago Tribune
    Apr 21, 2014 - A South Side shooting left four girls and a boy hurt, and on the Northwest ... in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side, police said.









  • Girl, 14, killed in South Side shooting, 2nd girl hurt - Chicago ...

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    2 days ago
    Monday's shooting comes little more than a week after five children, ranging in age from 11 to 15, were shot ...









  • Park Manor « CBS Chicago

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    4 Teens Wounded In 2 Separate Shootings Overnight. In the most recent shooting, ... Dixon Teen Held Without Bail For Fatal Shooting In Park Manor. Quovadus ...









  • Car Chase Ends In Shooting In Park Manor Neighborhood ...

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    Aug 22, 2012 - At least one person was shot and another injured, when a white BMW was being chased and shot at by people in another vehicle in the Park ...









  • 5 children injured in South Side shooting | WGN-TV

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    Apr 21, 2014
    Five children are in the hospital this morning after being shot on the city's ... Road and South Michigan Avenue ...




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