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Purveyor

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Thu Jun 6, 2013, 04:26 PM Jun 2013

Chicago 9-Year-Old Boy Shot In Chest: ‘Mommy, I’m Shot’

A 9-year-old boy in Chicago was struck in the chest by a stray bullet Wednesday afternoon while riding in his mother’s car. According to the Chicago Tribune, the unknown shooter was aiming at the boyfriend of the boy’s mother, who was riding in the front passenger seat. No one else in the car was hurt.

Tykeece Hilliard reportedly cried, “Mommy, I’m shot!” from the back seat as blood poured from his chest. His mother rushed him to Comer Children’s Hospital, a few blocks away, where he underwent surgery and is expected to recover.

The boy was among 11 people who were shot in Chicago within an eight-hour span on Wednesday. His mother told police she was driving on Chicago’s South Side when she heard as many as five gunshots, then realized her child was hurt.

Police believe that someone on the street recognized the intended victim or the red Aveo he was riding in and opened fire. Other children were riding in the car, but the 9-year-old boy was the only person struck by bullets.

The boy’s grandmother told WGN-TV, “It just hurts that my grandbaby is laying in the hospital. I’m just praying for the best, that my grandbaby pulls through this because it’s killing me, it’s hurting me.”

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Chicago 9-Year-Old Boy Shot In Chest: ‘Mommy, I’m Shot’ (Original Post) Purveyor Jun 2013 OP
If the kid had been armed this never would have happened. We DEFINITELY kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #1
 

kestrel91316

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1. If the kid had been armed this never would have happened. We DEFINITELY
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 04:35 PM
Jun 2013

need MOAR GUNZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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