An eight-year-old girl riding a scooter outside her home in Chicago was shot dead Saturday by an aggravated neighbor who had complained the child was being too loud before opening fire.
An eight-year-old Chicago girl was shot dead while riding her scooter Saturday night.The gunman was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition. No charges have been filed.
Megan Kelley, a neighbor of Sarabi’s family, told the Sun-Times that the man had a reputation for complaining about kids playing outside on the block — and that neighbors would try to avoid him.“Just little kids playing, he would come out just yelling about the noise. It just didn’t make sense, none of it made sense,” Kelley said. “Everybody in the community would just tell him they are just kids having fun playing, just let them be.
“You kind of just stayed away from him,” Kelley said, adding that the family had been affected by gun violence before — the girl’s mother was killed in a shooting in 2019.The little girl was shot in the head while riding a scooter home after getting ice cream Saturday night.Another neighbor, James, described the 8-year-old as “daddy’s little girl” who “was always riding around out here back and forth,” on her scooter.The victim was identified as Sarabi Medina, an upcoming fourth grade student.
“The thoughts and condolences of the entire Chicago Public Schools family are with all those impacted by this tragedy.”
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