Chicago shooting: family mourns death of 7-year-old girl and 6-year-old sister in hospital after being shot on the northwest side

CHICAGO (WLS) – A Chicago family continues to mourn after two young sisters were shot, one fatally, while sitting in a car on the northwest side on Sunday.

A six-year-old girl continues to fight for her life in hospital as her seven-year-old sister has died.

The two girls were in a vehicle parked on the street just before 3 p.m. in the 6200 block of West Grand Avenue, when police said someone opened fire on the parked car, shooting the two girls.

“Like an exploding machine gun, you know what I mean, like two people shooting at each other or something,” said Alberto, who lives near the scene.

Serenity Broughton, 7, has died of her injuries and her younger sister Aubrey remains in hospital.

The girls’ grandmother, Regina Broughton, remains in shock and calls for justice for her grandchildren:

“I’m lost, I’m lost… I mean they were my life, my everything,” Broughton said. “How do you prepare for something like this? She was a beautiful child. Her mind was beautiful, innocent, everything about her was innocent.”

The 6-year-old girl was shot in the chest and right armpit and remains in stable condition, her 7-year-old sister was shot in the chest and later died.

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Devastated by the loss of one of her grandchildren, Broughton said the 7-year-old was supposed to make her very first plane flight in just two days.

She dreamed of going to the airport, she just wanted to see the airport, she wanted to get on the plane, “she said.

“To say that I am saddened and outraged is an understatement,” said Chicago Police Chief Brian McDermott. “I just hope that every inhabitant of this city is as angry, saddened and outraged as I am right now.

A reward of $ 2,000 is offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction, community activist Andrew Holmes said on Sunday.

“Come and take responsibility. Anyone who sees that, denounce it, she was a kid, she didn’t deserve this,” Broughton added. “If you have a heart, go ahead, do what you’re supposed to do, and do what a decent human being should do.”

“It’s not about the money, it’s just about catching these individuals before they hit and hit another child. Stop killing our children,” Holmes said.

According to an ABC7 tally, more than 250 children have been slaughtered and 32 killed so far this year in Chicago.

“Too many young people have lost their lives to the senseless gun violence in Chicago,” McDermott said.

Anyone with information is welcome to contact the police or share tips anonymously with CPDtip.com.