CHICAGO ? A 6-month-old Chicago girl who was shot five times while her father was changing her diaper died of her wounds Tuesday, authorities said.
Jonylah Watkins died at Comer Children's Hospital, where she underwent surgery following Monday afternoon's attack, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said. Her father, Jonathan Watkins, was also wounded and remained in critical condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Police on Tuesday were scouring the South Side neighborhood of Woodlawn, where the attack happened, for security camera footage or any other clues as to who carried out the attack.
Witnesses said the gunman approached Jonathan Watkins at around 1 p.m. and opened fire on him while he was standing beside his minivan and changing his daughter's diaper. She was on the front seat.
Jonathan Watkins was shot in the side and buttocks, and suffered a graze wound to his face. Jonylah was shot five times, in the thigh, shoulder, lung, liver and bowels, the family said.
It wasn't the family's first brush with Chicago's gun violence. The girl's mother, Judy Watkins, was shot in the knee while she was pregnant with Jonylah, according to the woman's mother, Mary Young.
"There's too much shooting over there," Young told reporters Monday. Speaking of her granddaughter, she added, "She's nothing but 6 months old. How could anybody -- what kind of heart?"
Chicago has seen a recent rise in gun violence -- much of it gang-related -- and registered at least 500 homicides last year for the first time since 2008. In 2011, there were 435 homicides.
Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told reporters Monday that homicides were down 26 percent this year, compared with the same period a year earlier. He was expected to give an update on the latest attack later Tuesday.
People aren't allowed to have guns in Chicago. So this story must be a lie...
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannotbe infringed. New York Civil Rights - Article 2 Section 4
It's unbelievable I drive around the city with a gun under my seat, and in a special pak(ill consealled carry loophole, which im sure is bullshit)I'm not a violent man. I hope the range is the only action it sees. I carry it for shit like this. And if I get pinched I'm going to jail. With all the cock munchers that shoot fucking babies.
It's unbelievable I drive around the city with a gun under my seat, and in a special pak(ill consealled carry loophole, which im sure is bullshit)I'm not a violent man. I hope the range is the only action it sees. I carry it for shit like this. And if I get pinched I'm going to jail. With all the cock munchers that shoot fucking babies.
Is that the loophole where a glove compartment is considered a *case*?
Is that the loophole where a glove compartment is considered a *case*?
Thats a bingo...
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There are these fanny packs that have a "lock" on it and a separate compartment for your mag.
i hold my breath everytime I see a cop behind me. Well not in Chicago proper, you have to be a pretty shitty driver for the Chicago police to waste there time on traffic voilations. But in the burbs...
Thats a bingo...
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There are these fanny packs that have a "lock" on it and a separate compartment for your mag.
i hold my breath everytime I see a cop behind me. Well not in Chicago proper, you have to be a pretty shitty driver for the Chicago police to waste there time on traffic voilations. But in the burbs...
Yeah, I remember reading about that a couple years ago; supposedly there's case-law to back it up.
I carry, too. Hidden well in truck, but no case. Heck, my frickin' navigation system had me turn off Ashland Ave onto Kinzie heading west the other day. Man, did this white boy turn some heads. Stop sign - no fucking way.
Yeah, I remember reading about that a couple years ago; supposedly there's case-law to back it up.
I carry, too. Hidden well in truck, but no case. Heck, my frickin' navigation system had me turn off Ashland Ave onto Kinzie heading west the other day. Man, did this white boy turn some heads. Stop sign - no fucking way.
I was on Cicero and Chicago the other day in my infiniti. I just got the windows tinted, car was waxed and rims powder coated and it was like a swarm. I was trying to short cut to the north side. Bad idea. I never stopped the car. I would slow way early so I was never idle at a light. It's really become a jungle on the west and south side.