By Tina Burnside and Alaa Elassar, CNN Police are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed by a stray bullet over the weekend in Chicago. Melissa Ortega was walking with a guardian on Saturday afternoon when they heard gunshots, according to police.
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An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed by stray bullet in Chicago
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8-year-old girl fatally struck by stray bullet in Chicago identified as third-grader, recent immigrant
An 8-year-old girl died Saturday after she was shot in the head in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago in the afternoon, police said. A 26-year-old man was also shot
An 8-year-old Chicago girl who was walking with her mother when she was shot in the head and killed by a gunman targeting someone else on the city's Southwest Side has been identified.
Police said the shooter wasn’t aiming at Melissa or her mother. Authorities said the shooter intended to harm a 26-year-old man who was walking out of a store not far
By Tina Burnside and Alaa Elassar, CNN Police are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed by a stray bullet over the weekend in Chicago. Melissa Ortega was walking with a guardian on Saturday afternoon when they heard gunshots, according to police.
