Too Young to Die: The Senseless Murder of a Chicago Seven Year Old | Opinion Lee Habeeb
, Newsweek Columnist, Vice President of Content at Salem Media Group and host of Our American Stories On 4/29/21 at 5:30 AM EDT
Her name was Jaslyn Adams. She was a beautiful young African-American girl, all of seven years old. Late in the afternoon of April 18, she was with her father Jontae at a McDonald s drive-thru in the West Side of Chicago, looking forward to sharing a Happy Meal. But this daddy-daughter trip to McDonald s didn t have a happy ending.
As the first grader and her father pulled up in their Infiniti sedan to the menu board, a silver Audi pulled up behind them. Two African-American men stepped out of the vehicle. They pulled out weapons, and began to fire at the back of Jaslyn and her father s car. A total of 45 shots were fired. Six struck the innocent seven-year-old, who was rushed to nearby Stroger Hospital by a responding police officer. She was pro