2-year-old girl shot dead in Chicago Lawn home: police – NBC Chicago

2-year-old girl shot dead in Chicago Lawn home: police – NBC Chicago

A 2-year-old girl was shot to death inside a home Saturday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the city’s southwest side, police said.

The shooting was reported around 7 p.m. in the 2500 block of West 61st Street. The girl was shot in the right leg by an unknown assailant and was transported to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition.

A firearm was recovered at the scene.

The circumstances of the shooting were not known Saturday evening.

Area 1 detectives were investigating.