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A violent trend: Increasing numbers of children killed by gun violence in Chicago She was shot in a McDonald’s drive-thru at Roosevelt Road and Kedzie Avenue. Jaslyn’s father was also shot but is expected to survive. She is the third child killed by gun violence in Chicago so far this year. Jaslyn, known as “Pinky” by her family, was also one of at least six children in Chicago shot in the last seven weeks. It’s a trend local organizations are trying to reverse. “It still don’t e...

Seven-year-old girl shot dead at McDonalds drive-thru in Chicago By Brittany Garzillo and Fox 32 Digital Team Published  7-year-old Jaslyn Adams murdered at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Chicago Jaslyn Adams, 7, was with her dad at a McDonalds drive-thru in Chicago on Sunday when someone opened fire. The car was riddled with bullets. Jaslyn was killed and her father was seriously wounded. Brittany Garzillo reports. CHICAGO - A seven-year-old girl Jaslyn Adams was shot and killed at a McDonald...

Chicago police Bail was denied Sunday for a convicted felon who was on house arrest when he and his brother allegedly shot and killed another man earlier this month in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. Semaj Dixon, 28, was charged with first-degree murder in the April 5 slaying of 21-year-old Eugene Broach, who prosecutors said was shot 11 times during Dixon’s initial court hearing. Dixon’s brother remains at large. Prosecutors alleged that Dixon and his brother were both...

A man faces murder charges in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month in West Pullman on the Far South Side.

Sun-Times file photo Shootings in Chicago Thursday claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl in Little Village and wounded seven other people. She was struck in the head and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. She was later pronounced dead, according to police. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet released information on her death. A 55-year-old man was shot Thursday night during an attempted carjacking in West Pullman on the Far South Side. Th...

Man strikes 2 women with truck after argument in West Pullman By Sun-Times Media Wire West Pullman on the Far South Side. About 9:50 p.m., the women, 65 and 48, were in an argument with a man they knew in the 11600 block of South Halsted Street, when he intentionally struck them with his white pick-up truck, Chicago police said. They were both brought to Roseland Community Hospital in fair condition, police said.

16 shot, 1 fatally, Monday in Chicago By Sun-Times Media Wire Just after midnight, a car was shot at on I-290 and crashed near the exit ramp to Damen Avenue, Illinois State Police said. The driver of the vehicle was shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was listed as a 22-year-old man by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His name hasn’t been released. Two passengers in the vehicle were also shot and taken to a hospital for treatment. The other two passengers were not injure...

Sun-Times file photo Sixteen people were shot, one fatally, Monday in Chicago including a man who was killed and two others injured in a shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway near Damen Avenue. Just after midnight, a car was shot at on I-290 and crashed near the exit ramp to Damen Avenue, Illinois State Police said. The driver of the vehicle was shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was listed as a 22-year-old man by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His name hasn’t been r...

28 shot, 4 fatally, in Chicago over weekend By Sun-Times Media Wire The period was less deadly than last weekend, when 34 people were shot, eight of them fatally. The most recent homicide this weekend left a man dead and two injured on the Eisenhower Expressway near Damen Avenue. A 22-year-old man was shot as he drove near Ashland Avenue just after midnight Monday, according to Illinois State Police. He crashed on the Damen ramp and died at the scene. His name hasn’t been released. Two other ...

The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released details on his death. On Saturday, a woman was killed and another wounded in a shooting in Lawndale on the West Side. About 9:05 p.m., they were standing in the 2300 block of South Kirkland Avenue, when they heard several shots and felt a pain, police said. One woman, 29, was struck in the back, each arm, and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t ...