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6-Month-Old Dead After Being Shot 5 Times In Chicago
Topic Started: Mar 12 2013, 11:29 PM (318 Views)
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The 6-month-old infant girl shot five times on Chicago's South Side Monday died in the hospital Tuesday morning.

Jonylah Watkins was rushed to Comer Children's Hospital Monday afternoon in serious-to-critical condition after being shot in the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood around 12:48 p.m. Her father, Jonathan Watkins, had been changing her diaper in the front passenger seat of a Chevy Venture minivan when a gunman approached them and opened fire. He fled in a waiting van.

Jonylah had sustained wounds in her lung, liver, leg, shoulder and bowel or intestine, according to DNAinfo Chicago, and had undergone at least five hours of surgery.

"This morning, the baby passed away," the Rev. Corey Brooks, who is acting as a spokesman for the family, told the Chicago Tribune. "We have another tragedy in the city of Chicago."

Brooks told the paper his New Beginnings Church would offer up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Jonylah's killer.

Jonylah's father was also wounded in the shooting -- being struck in the side and buttocks, plus a graze wound to his cheek -- and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition. According to NBC Chicago, he remains in critical condition as of Tuesday morning. Police say he has known gang affiliations.

Jonathan Watkins told the Chicago Sun-Times Tuesday that he has no idea who opened fire on him and his child, but sources told the paper that the shooting may have been prompted by an angry Facebook post.


Jonylah's mother, Judy Watkins, was previously shot while carrying the child. She was working at McDonald's at the time of the Monday shooting, according to the Tribune. Judy and Jonathan had recently gotten married.

A relative of Jonylah's, Dominique Young, told ABC Chicago that gun violence has been commonplace in the neighborhood, saying, "There is always someone getting shot in this neighborhood. We are close together, and we know them. There are killings all the time."

No one is in custody in the shooting and police are investigating.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/jonylah-watkins-dies-6-mo_n_2859436.html

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Mar 12 2013, 11:29 PM
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The 6-month-old infant girl shot five times on Chicago's South Side Monday died in the hospital Tuesday morning.

Jonylah Watkins was rushed to Comer Children's Hospital Monday afternoon in serious-to-critical condition after being shot in the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood around 12:48 p.m. Her father, Jonathan Watkins, had been changing her diaper in the front passenger seat of a Chevy Venture minivan when a gunman approached them and opened fire. He fled in a waiting van.

Jonylah had sustained wounds in her lung, liver, leg, shoulder and bowel or intestine, according to DNAinfo Chicago, and had undergone at least five hours of surgery.

"This morning, the baby passed away," the Rev. Corey Brooks, who is acting as a spokesman for the family, told the Chicago Tribune. "We have another tragedy in the city of Chicago."

Brooks told the paper his New Beginnings Church would offer up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Jonylah's killer.

Jonylah's father was also wounded in the shooting -- being struck in the side and buttocks, plus a graze wound to his cheek -- and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition. According to NBC Chicago, he remains in critical condition as of Tuesday morning. Police say he has known gang affiliations.

Jonathan Watkins told the Chicago Sun-Times Tuesday that he has no idea who opened fire on him and his child, but sources told the paper that the shooting may have been prompted by an angry Facebook post.


Jonylah's mother, Judy Watkins, was previously shot while carrying the child. She was working at McDonald's at the time of the Monday shooting, according to the Tribune. Judy and Jonathan had recently gotten married.

A relative of Jonylah's, Dominique Young, told ABC Chicago that gun violence has been commonplace in the neighborhood, saying, "There is always someone getting shot in this neighborhood. We are close together, and we know them. There are killings all the time."

No one is in custody in the shooting and police are investigating.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/jonylah-watkins-dies-6-mo_n_2859436.html

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I am mystified by our tolerance for gangs. IMO, we should round up anyone in a violent gang, take them out to the garbage dump, put them in a hole and cover them up with enough dirt that they can't escape. I suspect that would end gangs as we know them. :angry:
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I talked to a sheriff once in Coolidge, AZ and he had a great idea. Round up all the opposing gang members, give them guns if they don't already have them and take them far out in the desert to have at it.
This happens all the time in Chicago and they have very strict gun laws.
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Mar 12 2013, 11:35 PM
I am mystified by our tolerance for gangs. IMO, we should round up anyone in a violent gang, take them out to the garbage dump, put them in a hole and cover them up with enough dirt that they can't escape. I suspect that would end gangs as we know them. :angry:
I would agree, but you can't do that legally. You have to make a case, try them in court, hope you get a conviction and then put them away. An expensive and time consuming project. Then there is the prison overcrowding issue. IMO the best way to fix it long term is to encourage social classes that have such a high rate of criminal activity to not procreate. And, that includes readily available contraceptive and abortion services.

Those fools who would ban abortion don't seem to realize it would increase crime and government dependency just like many social welfare programs have.
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Ever watch those prison films, our system is filled with gangs.
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Mar 12 2013, 11:44 PM
I talked to a sheriff once in Coolidge, AZ and he had a great idea. Round up all the opposing gang members, give them guns if they don't already have them and take them far out in the desert to have at it.
This happens all the time in Chicago and they have very strict gun laws.
They may turn to guns on some border guard and you know what happens then.
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Back in 1973 LAPD had a gang unit called "total resources against Southwest hoodlums". We called it our TRASH unit. As soon as the higher brass heard this, they changed it to CRASH unit, "community resources against Southwest hoodlums.

Political correctness at work....
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It failed!
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Somewhere 'way back when, I saw an article claiming that over 70% of violent crimes in Calgary were done by gang members on other gang members.
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That would be fine but gangers are bad shots, they hit innocents.
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