
Police investigate after a child was shot April 6, 2021, near Grant Park. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
The shooting happened the day Vice President Kamala Harris was expected to visit Chicago to speak about COVID-19 vaccine equity.
A 3-year-old boy was in critical condition after he was shot in the head while he traveled in a car Tuesday on Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park.
Witnesses reported gunfire about 11 a.m. in the 300 block of South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago police said in a statement.
The car the child was in then crashed in the northbound lanes of the 100 block of Lake Shore Drive, police said.
A female passenger in the car was seen exiting with the child and then being driven by a citizen to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said. The child, shot in the temple, was going to be transferred to Lurie Children’s Hospital in critical condition, police said.
Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Police investigate after a child was shot April 6, 2021, near Grant Park.
Additional details about the shooting were not immediately released.
The shooting happened the day Vice President Kamala Harris was expected to visit Chicago to speak about COVID-19 vaccine equity.
Northbound Lake Shore Drive was closed in the area as police investigate the shooting.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Source:: Chicago Sun Times
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