CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago authorities say a teenage boy and man have been charged with murder in last weekend’s death of an 8-year-old girl, who was shot in the head by a gunman targeting someone else on the city’s Southwest Side.
Police said Melissa Ortega of Chicago was walking on the street hand in hand with her mother Saturday afternoon when someone fired shots at a 29-year-old alleged gang member who was leaving a nearby store.
Police believe he was the intended target. They said the 16-year-old boy, whose name was not immediately released, was the shooter, and 27-year-old Xavier Guzman was the driver of the car.
