An 8-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting stemming from a road rage dispute on Chicago’s South Side late Tuesday night, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Police say the girl was inside a Nissan Rogue with family members when they became embroiled in a verbal altercation with the occupants of a white SUV in the 3000 block of South State around 9:47 p.m.
A man in the white SUV threatened to shoot at the family’s vehicle before firing two gunshots, striking the girl in the left thigh. The suspect then fled the scene.
Chicago Fire Department paramedics treated the girl at the scene and took her to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was listed in fair condition.
Police recovered two shell casings at the scene and are searching for a suspect initially described as a Black male, approximately 5’7″ or 5’8″ tall, with a medium build, and wearing all black clothing.
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