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The shooting
occurred at a restaurant in the Greater Grand Crossing
neighborhood, where people were gathered to mourn the death of
Jamayah Fields, 20, who was shot and killed on Monday, the
Chicago Tribune reported.
A gang found out about the memorial event on social media and
targeted someone who was attending, community activist Jedidiah
Brown told the newspaper.
The six people shot were all being treated at local hospitals, a
Chicago Police Department spokesman said.
A 16-year-old boy shot in the neck was in serious condition. The
other five were stable, including the 12-year-old girl who
suffered a graze wound to her head.
No one was in custody for the shooting, the spokesman said.
Chicago, with a population of 2.7 million, registered more
shootings and homicides last year than any other U.S. city,
according to FBI and Chicago police data, and its murder
clearance rate - a measure of solved and closed cases - is one
of the country's lowest.
Trump said on Tuesday he would "send in the Feds" to quell the
"carnage" of gun violence in the city if local officials failed
to curb the murder rate on their own. [nL1N1FF1EC]
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; editing by John
Stonestreet)
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