Eight-year-old girl, recently arrived from Mexico, killed by stray bullets in Chicago
CHICAGO | A Mexican girl, a recent immigrant to the United States, was killed over the weekend in Chicago in a shootout between rival gang members that sparked consternation in the violence-ridden northern city.
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Eight-year-old Melissa Ortega was walking with her mother on Saturday afternoon down a street in the third-largest city in the United States when shots rang out. Despite their efforts to take cover, the girl was shot twice in the head, according to a law enforcement report.
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