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“She was just….sweet and outgoing. Really talkative, really lovable,” McMullen added.
A police vehicle was already at the McDonald’s and rushed Jaslyn to a nearby hospital. She had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead. Her father, Jontae Adams, was also shot and hospitalized, but survived.
“Y’all, please put the guns down,” McMullen said. “Our kids want to play. My kids can’t even go out the door because of this violence. Please put the guns down.”
Over the weekend, several shootings took place around the country, including in Indianapolis, Indiana, Austin, Texas Kenosha, Wisconsin, Columbus, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebraska. In LaPlace, Louisiana on Saturday (April 17) nine children were wounded during a 12-year-old s birthday party.
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They just shot my baby! Seven-year-old girl is shot dead and her father, 28, is seriously injured in shooting that left their car riddled with bullets as they sat in line at McDonald s drive-thru
A seven-year-old girl was fatally shot on Sunday afternoon while her father sustained gunshot injuries as they sat inside a vehicle at a McDonald s drive-thru
It happened just after 4pm in Chicago s Homan Square neighborhood
According to Chicago police, both victims were inside the vehicle when they heard gunshots and felt pain
The girl was identified as Jaslyn Adams, of Oak Park, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner s Office