Crime & Justice
7-year-old Jaslyn Adams fatally shot in Chicago
A shooting in Chicago has claimed the life of a 7-year-old girl and seriously injured her father.

A shooting in Chicago has claimed the life of a 7-year-old girl and seriously injured her father.
Jaslyn Adams and her 29-year-old father were in the drive-thru lane of a McDonald’s when someone shot into their car, family members told WBBM.
A police vehicle that was already at the scene rushed the girl to a local hospital.
Jaslyn was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead.
“It’s really emotional now for my family,” Jaslyn’s aunt, Tawny McMullen, told WBBM.
“She was just … sweet and outgoing. Really talkative, really lovable.”
An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the murder of Jaslyn Adams and wounding her father. The man was also shot by Chicago police officers after a high speed chase.
Marion Lewis, 18, has been charged with nine felony counts, including 1st-degree murder.
Lewis is also facing vehicular hijacking, attempted murder and discharge of a firearm, among other charges.
McMullen said it’s devastating that a regular father-daughter trip to McDonald’s would end with her niece being shot multiple times.
“Y’all, please put the guns down,” she said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she is “heartbroken and angered” over the deadly shooting.
“This unthinkable act of violence has no place here. The epidemic of gun violence cutting our children’s lives short cannot go on,” Lightfoot tweeted.
The shooting comes less than a month after another high-profile death of a child, 13-year-old Adam Toledo.
Toledo was killed by a Chicago police officer on March 29.
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