The 13-year-old girl shot in the head after attending a family party early Sunday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood has died.
Eternity Gaddy was prounced dead at 9:22 a.m. Monday. She was shot while standing outside a home with adults at 3414 W. Potomac Ave. at 1:54 a.m. according to police. She lives at 3410 W. Potomac Ave.
Police found Gaddy on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head, said police News Affairs Officer Daniel O’Brien.
The girl was standing outside a home on her block with her mother and a cousin after attending a family party when a Hispanic man walked up to her and opened fire, Shakespeare District Capt. Marc Buslik said. Eternity and her mom had moved from Chicago to Pennsylvania and were back for an end-of-summer visit just prior to returning to Pennsylvania.
"All of the sudden, I hear 'Boom! Boom! Boom!','' said Eternity's cousin, 21-year-old Amanda Rodriguez.
Everyone thought they were firecrackers and ran. Rodriguez got back to her cousin's side.
"She took a deep breath. A tear came out. And it was over," Rodriguez said. "It is crazy. That's what I think. And I don't know what ... to do. I saw my cousin die in front of me.''
The news rattled the block -- but for some, it was mostly because the victim is a child. Gunfire is so common that one mother said she does not go out after dark with her children for fear of gang members who "sneak out of gangways.''
Just Friday, Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis -- in an attempt to remind parents and guardians about curfew laws -- pointed out just how dangerous the streets get after dark. Since the beginning of the year, 63 juveniles have been shot after curfew. Eight of those shootings were fatal.
"When the night hits, it's a different world out here,'' a neighbor on Potomac said. "Monsters come out.''
Family members said she was brain-dead. Police canvassed the area and are reviewing neighborhood security camera tapes.
Grand Central Area detectives are investigating. No one is in custody.
•A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL was fatally shot after being caught in gang crossfire Monday night.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office confirmed the fatality. Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien said the girl was caught in the crossfire of a gang-related shooting.
About 5:25 p.m., the girl was at 8728 S. Exchange Ave. in the South Chicago neighborhood when she was shot, the medical examiner said.
Calumet Area detectives have strong leads in the shooting, but no suspect is in custody.
•ONE MAN WAS KIILED and another was critically injured in a shooting Monday night on the South Side.
The men were shot in the 7000 block of South Oakley Avenue about 6 p.m., police News Affairs Officer Daniel O’Brien said. The men were both taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, O'Brien said.
One of the men, a 33-year-old, was shot multiple times and later died at the hospital, a Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokesman said. Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.
•A MAN ALLEGEDLY hit a 60-year-old man in the head with an axe early Sunday in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side in an ongoing dispute.
The incident occurred about 1 a.m. near the intersection of South Indiana Avenue and East 46th Street, according to a Wentworth District police lieutenant, who said a 50-year-old man “got into a beef” with a 60-year-old man.
“The 50-year-old rode on his bike with a hatchet and hit the 60-year-old over the head,” according to the lieutenant.
The older man was hospitalized in critical condition at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the lieutenant said.
The younger man sells loose cigarettes and the older man possibly does the same. The dispute, which was ongoing, may have been over the territory in which they work.
One man is in custody but has not been charged, according to Wentworth Area detectives, who are investigating.
•A MAN WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER and another man was stabbed during separate incidents early Monday on the West and Northwest Sides.
The shooting occurred about 12:50 a.m. in the 4800 block of West Jackson Boulevard on the West Side, according to police News Affairs officer Amina Greer, who said the victim has a gunshot wound to the shoulder and a graze wound to the head. He was taken in fair condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, Greer said.
Also about 1 a.m, a man was stabbed in the 3900 block of West Diversey Avenue near Kosciuszko Park in the Northwest Side's Avondale neighborhood, according to Grand Central Area detectives.
The man stabbed was transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where his condition was not life-threatening.
No one in custody for either attack.
•A BICYCLIST DIED Sunday night after he was hit by a car in Cedar Lake, Ind.
Thomas Kowalik, 25, of the 12600 block of Parrish Avenue in Cedar Lake, sustained blunt force trauma to the head and body when he was hit by a car near 126th and Parrish avenues. The driver of the car stopped.
“Apparently, he was just riding on the street there and got struck by the car,” said a spokesperson for the Lake County Coroner’s office.
Kowalik was taken to the emergency room at Saint Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point, and the coroner was called at 6:15 p.m.
Officers at the Cedar Lake Police Department are completing the accident investigation. The car sustained some damage to the windshield and hood.
•A PEDESTRIAN DIED Sunday night after he was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run on the Northwest Side.
Adam Sioja, 43, of 4045 W. School St., was struck by a hit-and-run driver at 3170 N. Milwaukee Ave. and pronounced dead at 10:23 p.m. Sunday at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, the Cook County Medical Examiner said.
He was walking across the street at that location about 2:30 a.m. Sunday when he was struck by a vehicle and taken to Illinois Masonic in critical condition, according to police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak. His 44th birthday would have been Monday.
Grand Central Area detectives are investigating.
•THE 16-YEAR-OLD BOY who was shot near a Morgan Park neighborhood park died Sunday night.
Terrence Jones, of 1350 W. 108th Pl., was pronounced dead at 9:52 p.m. Sunday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner.
About 8:45 p.m., a teen with a group of people in the 1400 block of West 109th Street was shot when more than one offender approached and fired in his direction, striking him, according to police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.
Jones was shot at 1412 W. 109th St., the medical examiner’s office said.
Lamb Playlot Park is at 1400 W. 109th St., according to the Chicago Park District’s website.
Calumet Area detectives are investigating the homicide, which is possibly gang-related, Greer said.
•POLICE ARE CONDUCTING A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION after a man was found fatally shot Sunday morning near a Northwest Side park.
Police responded to a report of a person shot at 6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave. and the man was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:35 a.m., authorities said. The man remained unidentified Sunday night, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner.
The Chicago Park District’s Web site lists the address as Amundsen Park.
Police said the man was shot in the back. The medical examiner’s office will perform an autopsy.
Grand Central Area detectives are conducting the investigation.
•A WOMAN WAS FATALLY SHOT Sunday afternoon in East Chicago.
Candi Worthman, 23, was shot in the 3400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue Sunday afternoon, according to the Lake County Coroner. Worthman, of the 3500 block of Guthrie Street in East Chicago, died of a gunshot wound to the head.
East Chicago police are investigating.
•A 59-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO DIED after the car he was in crashed into a tree on the South Side Saturday night was later found to have been shot, police said.
Woodrow Culverson, of 5336 S. Wallace Ave., was a passenger in a car that crashed into a tree at 6640 S. King Dr. about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.
After the crash, the driver of the car ran from the scene, Kubiak said. After Culverson was found in the car, it was discovered that he had a gunshot to the abdomen, Kubiak said.
He was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 10:09 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
Calumet Area detectives are investigating. No one is in custody.
•FOUR MEN WERE SHOT after an altercation early Sunday on the West Side.
About 1:30 a.m., a verbal altercation started in the 900 block of North Lawndale Avenue, said police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer. Multiple shots were fired.
Two victims, both 27, were taken to area hospitals in “stable” condition, Greer said. One is in John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County with a gunshot wound to the groin, and the other is in Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot to the leg.
A 17-year-old is in “good” at Norwegian-American Hospital with a graze wound to the leg. An 18-year-old is in Norwegian-American Hospital in “stable” condition with a puncture wound to the back.
Harrison Area detectives are investigating. No one is in custody. •A PEDESTRIAN is in “critical” condition after a hit-and-run accident in the Rogers Park area Saturday night.
It happened in the 2700 block of West Devon Avenue about 6:45 p.m., according to police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.
The man was crossing the street when he was struck by a green vehicle drove off. He was initially thought only to have suffered cuts and swelling, and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, but his condition was changed to “critical,” Greer said.
Belmont Area detectives and the police Major Accident Investigation Unit are investigating. •ONE TEEN IS DEAD after being shot in the head and another has a gunshot wound to the chest after a shooting Friday afternoon in the Uptown neighborhood.
They were standing on the sidewalk in the 4800 block of North Sheridan Road at 3:22 p.m. when someone approached them and fired multiple shots, according to police News Affairs. Timothy Pittman, 19, of the 900 block of West Lakeside Place, was pronounced dead on the scene at 6 p.m.
The shooter ran off.
Belmont Area detectives are investigating. No one is in custody. •A WOMAN DIED Saturday evening, hours after being shot during a domestic dispute in the Roseland neighborhood.
Nikenya Spires was fatally shot in her home at 48 E. 100th Pl., a spokesman the Cook County Medical Examiner said. Police responded to the shooting, which appears to be domestic-related, about 7:50 a.m. Saturday, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
Spires, 35, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 6:30 p.m.
Calumet Area detectives are investigating. No one is in custody. •A 19-YEAR-OLD WOMAN remains in critical condition after being shot in the head early Saturday in the South Side’s Bronzeville neighborhood.
Police responded to a call of shots fired at 3657 S. Indiana Ave. about 12:15 a.m. and found her, according to police News Affairs Officer Daniel O’Brien. She was also shot in the knee. She is in John H. Stroger, Jr Hospital of Cook county in “critical” condition, O'Brien said.
The victim was standing alone on the street when she was shot.
Wentworth Area detectives are investigating. No one is in custody.
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