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Old 08-20-2003, 03:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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7-Year-Old Shot In Head As She Sits On Front Porch In Chicago
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CHICAGO -- A 7-year-old girl was critically wounded early Wednesday when she was shot in the head as she sat on a porch in the 2300 block of West 18th Place, police said.

The shooting occurred shortly after midnight, and police said the apparently stray bullet may have been fired from several blocks away. The girl was sitting on the front porch with her mother at the time of the shooting.

Police said they were looking for several males who were seen by witnesses fleeing the scene in what appeared to be a dark-colored Ford Crown Victoria.

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like i said, awful
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Old 08-20-2003, 03:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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It's a shame. A kid can't even sit on the porch with their parent now a days.
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Old 08-20-2003, 03:51 PM   #3 (permalink)
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That is a shame. Unfortunately, that seems to happen way too often.
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Old 08-20-2003, 03:53 PM   #4 (permalink)
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what tragic luck that it had to hit her at all, let alone in the head
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Old 08-20-2003, 03:55 PM   #5 (permalink)
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why is this in the discussion forums? there really isn't anything to discuss. it was a tragedy... end of story
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Old 08-20-2003, 05:09 PM   #6 (permalink)
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It sucks. Thats a given. But it does happen waay too often. Thats why I say we should cut back handgun use and production. And destroy them when they confiscate them.
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Old 08-20-2003, 07:08 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Here is something we can discuss. Why is a 7 year old up after midnight? I can damn well guarantee you that my kid wont be up that late.
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Old 08-20-2003, 08:54 PM   #8 (permalink)
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thats horrible.
that poor poor mother.
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Old 08-21-2003, 12:54 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Here is something we can discuss. Why is a 7 year old up after midnight? I can damn well guarantee you that my kid wont be up that late.

thank you. that's the first thing i thought of when i read this.

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Old 08-21-2003, 04:17 AM   #10 (permalink)
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i have a hard time with the cosmic justice (???) of a story like this. i have spent 20 years of my life immersed in booze & pills & powders, passively trying to kill myself. i get to go to rehab & start over, but that little chick takes a bullet for sitting on the stoop.

awful doesn't quite cover it.........
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Old 08-23-2003, 12:26 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I hate it that stray bullets have a tendency to hit little kids...

and I agree with jimk, awful doesnt quite cover it.
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Old 08-23-2003, 03:17 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Here is something we can discuss. Why is a 7 year old up after midnight? I can damn well guarantee you that my kid wont be up that late.



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thank you. that's the first thing i thought of when i read this.

Haha Me too! Tis an awful story though. But what the hell was she doing up at midnight? outside for that matter? 7 years old? hmmm odd
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Old 08-24-2003, 03:43 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Well, maybe she couldn't sleep, and she decided to look at the stars or something...

It's friggen sick that stray bullets from these "gangsters" kill kids like that.
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Old 08-24-2003, 04:10 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I hate it that stray bullets have a tendency to hit little kids...

and I agree with jimk, awful doesnt quite cover it.
Ya got to wonder how many "stray" bullets there are to even out the bad odds of this kind of thing happening. What do you figure? 10,000 20,000 bullets fired off that just damage inanimate objects for every one that hits a person. Then times that by four or five to get the odds of hitting a child and not an adult.
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Old 08-24-2003, 04:12 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Well, maybe she couldn't sleep, and she decided to look at the stars or something...
We are coming up on the closest aproach of mars in 60,000 years on the 27th. Maybe she was looking at a once in thousand life times event.
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Old 08-24-2003, 04:25 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Ya got to wonder how many "stray" bullets there are to even out the bad odds of this kind of thing happening. What do you figure? 10,000 20,000 bullets fired off that just damage inanimate objects for every one that hits a person. Then times that by four or five to get the odds of hitting a child and not an adult.
I don't think the odds are that extreme. The gunners aren't shooting for fun, they are trying to kill someone. Children tend to be around adults. If someone is spraying a wild volley of shots at someone who is in proximity of a child, the chance of one striking is likely pretty high.
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Old 08-24-2003, 06:16 PM   #17 (permalink)
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That is terrible, my condolences go out to the mother.
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