Kids off the Block Memorial: 600 stones represent a child killed by gun violence

[Counselor706]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- From an 11-year-old girl shot in the back while sitting in a relative's car on the Far South Side, to a woman caught in between an exchange of gunfire while crossing the street at Wells and Ontario in River North, it was yet another violent weekend in Chicago with more than 55 people injured and five murdered since 6 p.m. Friday.

One Chicago shooting attracting national attention occurred at about 4 a.m. Sunday when at least eight people were wounded around after someone fired into a crowd at a party in the 8900-block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Burnside. Six men and two women were among the injured, with more than half in serious to critical condition.

Fortunately, the 11-year-old girl is now out of the hospital. Her mother said she was in town from Iowa visiting cousins for the weekend getting her hair done. The girl was meant to have returned home Monday.

The shooting took place just steps from the Kids off the Block Memorial in West Pullman, where more than 600 stones each represent a child killed by gun violence in the city.

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[CornusKousa]

Acknowledging Chicago's gun violence problem is racist.....white supremacy....white nationalism and white privilege.

SHHHHHHHH!!!!! (D)on't talk about it.