In a city known for its violent crime, this shooting is especially horrifying.
Reports Radar Online:
Jonylah Watkins, a 6-month-old baby girl, who was shot five times on Chicago’s South Side on Monday, died in the hospital on Tuesday, despite desperate efforts to save her young life.
The infant was shot Monday afternoon in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood around 12:48 p.m. local time. Jonylah’s father, Jonathan Watkins, had been changing her diaper in the front passenger seat of a Chevy mini-van when a gunman approached the vehicle and starting shooting. The assailant then fled in a waiting car.
Jonylah had sustained wounds in her lung, liver, leg, shoulder and bowel or intestine, according to DNAinfo Chicago. She underwent at least five hours of emergency surgery at Comer Children’s Hospital Monday before finally succumbing to her injuries Tuesday morning.
“This morning, the baby passed away,” the Rev. Corey Brooks, who’s acting as a spokesman for the family, told the Chicago Tribune. “We have another tragedy in the city of Chicago.”
Jonylah’s father was also wounded in the shooting and was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition. According to NBC Chicago, Jonathan remains in critical condition as of Tuesday morning. Police say he has known gang affiliations.
In another shocking part of this story, Jonylah’s mother, Judy Watkins, had been previously shot while carrying the child. She was working at McDonald’s at the time of the shooting, according to the Tribune.
At this time, the gunman remains at large.
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This is EbenGregory.com…telling you Satan let my people go.
Where’s the Trayvon Martin like outrage, marching and threats thrown around by those who fought for the spot light for the murder of this beautiful baby? Pure innocence. Where’s big mouth Farrakhan, Jackson who call Chicago home? Oh I forgot a white man isn’t involved or cops. So the baby death means nothing.
Babygirl is resting in God’s Hands now…and I mean that literally. This brought tears to my eyes..justice and judgment will be served on this world soon.
why did he only get hit once and the baby got hit 5 times…i swear if he held that baby up as a shield…he is going to burn in hell
i hope they found out who killed that little angel god knows who did it
its a shame somebody shot a baby aint did nothing to nobody i hope they get life &
I have a 1 yr old girl who means everything to me. I can’t imagine life without her. I cried when I read this because I can only imagine what the mother is going through. A sweet innocent baby having to go through all that pain… It makes me love my kid harder and hugg her a little tighter because its a COLD world. Smh. Satan PLEASE let our people go.
No better time to repent of your sins and pray for God to bring down His justice…The Second Coming, is coming very soon. God is not to blame for this wicked world. But He is the only one who can save it. Not Obama, not Buddha, not Allah, not the Occult, not the moon and the stars… Once He returns, thats it. no more chances…this life you feel is LIFE, is really DEATH on every corner…let God, Jesus Christ bring you true Life, we need more people praying, repenting, and not losing hope. May God give rest to these souls …
A damn disgrace.
Jesus get here god speed!!!
NOW THIS REALLY FUCKED ME UP! That is Obama’s home town all they need to do is a mass sweep, dudes gone snitch on other dudes and anybody gang affiliated caught in the wrong, give em football #s and youngins will start to move different. Its just a shame what we as a race and culture has turned into. We on TV fighting each other, in the streets shooting each other. That’s why when a I see a nigga doing some nigga shit in public I get as far away from them as I can,cause I don’t want to be associated with that. Then the white man sits back( because some don’t know any better) and says so it’s true what they say about theses people. SMDH