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Chicago man charged in shooting of 9-month-old in McDonald's parking lot on South Side

Chicago man charged in shooting of 9-month-old in McDonald's parking lot
Chicago man charged in shooting of 9-month-old in McDonald's parking lot 00:24

CHICAGO (CBS) – A man was charged in the shooting of his 9-month-old daughter in a McDonald's parking lot in East Garfield Park last month.

Kenneth Mosby, 23, of Chicago was arrested on Thursday, in the 2100 block of South First Avenue in Maywood. He was charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm.

Mosby was identified as the offender who fired the shot that injured the girl, identified as Kylani Mosby, in the parking lot on Tuesday around 10:56 p.m., in the 0-100 block of East Garfield Boulevard.

The baby was shot in the head and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition. 

Dispatch audio indicated that police were notified Wednesday that the baby had been brought in by her mother the night before.   

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