Yet another sensless shooting on Chicago’s Far South Side. From the Chicago Sun-Times:
A 15-year-old Chicago girl who was shot in the head outside her Far South Side home Wednesday as she shielded a younger relative from gunfire has come through surgery, a relative said this morning.
Taccara Swain’s relatives said they are praying that the Julian High School student will recover from Wednesday night’s shooting.
“These are your friends, these are your neighbors, these are your classmates. Have some values,” Taccara Swain’s aunt, Vernetta Swain, said she’d tell whoever fired the shots.
The girl, who is entering her sophomore year at Julian, was in critical condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center after being shot around 8 p.m. in the 11000 block of South Normal Avenue.
Police said there was an argument between the occupants of two vehicles when shots were fired. The girl was not the intended target, according to the police.
Is anybody listening? Are we listening? This is not “their” problem on the South Side of Chicago. This is our problem. These are our children getting shot.