Crowd Gathers For Vigil For 14-Year-Old Girl Who Was Shot, Critically Wounded In Back Of The Yards
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A crowd gathered for a vigil in Back of the Yards Thursday night, praying for a 14-year-old girl who was shot the evening before, and condemning the violence that left her seriously hurt.
"My friend is a fighter," said Lithzuly Pizano, a friend of the victim's.
Surveillance video shows what witnesses said was the 14-year-old girl and a friend walking a dog moments after leaving a corner store at 48th and Wood streets at 6:09 p.m. on Wednesday. The video also shows a guy wearing all black - who runs up, stands in the intersection, and pulls out a gun.
Witnesses said that man fired two shots. The girl was struck in the head and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.
Moments after the shooting, surveillance cameras captured three men running down 48th Street and jumping into a sport-utility vehicle.
Police Thursday night were still looking for three people in connection to the shooting. The CPD said only one of the three men showed a weapon and fired.
It was not clear if the shooters were targeting the teenage girl or the young man with whom she was walking.
Meanwhile, the girl remained hospitalized Thursday night.
