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Chicago Teen Charged After 7-Year-Old Girl Shot Dead by Random Gunfire

Charlie Kirk Staff

06/23/2024

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Chicago Teen Charged After 7-Year-Old Girl Shot Dead by Random Gunfire

A teenager has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old Chicago boy who was not the intended target of gunfire earlier in the week, according to police.

“There is no excuse for this violence,” stated police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Friday night.

Jai’mani Amir Rivera was killed Tuesday outside an apartment building where he lived on the city’s west side. Video footage showed shots being fired from about 300 feet (91.4 meters) away, said Antoinette Ursitti, chief of detectives.

More than 100 people gathered near the scene Wednesday night for a balloon release and to mourn the loss of Jai’mani, the eighth Chicago youth aged 15 or younger to die from gunfire in 2024, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.

“All I ask for is justice,” said Jai’mani’s aunt, Vanessa Rivera.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder, with a court hearing scheduled for Saturday.

“It’s unfortunate that a mother and a father, who are doing what they are supposed to do for their 7-year-old and raising their child, that their child can’t even walk out to the sidewalk without being struck by random gunfire,” Snelling commented.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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