Police are examining dramatic video that captured a shooting that killed a toddler and a man authorities say was the intended target.
I am so sick to my stomach after watching this video. This barbarism can not be allowed to continue in our Nation.
This is what we have let society become. War in the streets. While idiot politicians play their games, people have allowed this to come to fruition. By hindering Police activity, not raising their children correctly, absentee fathers and zero respect for authority, the law, and even more basic; their fellow man.
Is Chicago too far gone? Only time will tell. One thing is for certain, if it is allowed to continue; this cancer will spread and destroy our country.
Kids, playing at being gangsters, acting like thugs are responsible for this. A grudge, a gang related grudge has ended the life of this little child. Instead of being brought up to respect life, these scum are hell bent on destroying it.
The video, streamed live on Facebook, was taken from inside a car driven by a young woman who was wounded in the shooting. The man and 2-year-old Lavontay White were also in the car.
The woman and man can be seen listening to rap music before more than a dozen shots ring out. Screaming is heard as the footage becomes jumbled but shows the woman exiting the car and running toward a house. The video goes to black, but the audio continues and people can be heard yelling, “Oh my God,” ”I can’t breathe,” and “Please, no, no.”
Police suspect the 26-year-old man, identified Wednesday by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Lazarec Collins, was the target of a gang hit. The man was Lavontay’s uncle and a documented gang member with an extensive criminal history. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Collins was convicted of felony charges of burglary and armed robbery and was released on parole last June.
Police have confirmed the authenticity of the video and it is part of their investigation, spokesman Frank Giancamilli said. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday.
He said the woman, who is pregnant, was shot in the abdomen. Both she and the unborn child were expected to survive.
The Shooting happens at around time marker 3:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJT4PMACRZI