Reign Ware's mother said her 5-year-old daughter was in "the wrong place at the wrong time" when she was shot to death over the Memorial Day weekend. At least five other children 15 and younger have been killed in homicides in Chicago since January,
Reign Ware was leaving a family party in the 200 block of South Campbell Avenue about 3:30 a.m. Sunday when a Jeep Cherokee pulled up and shots were fired. Reign was killed. A 24-year-old man was wounded.
Among the dead are 5-year-old Reign Ware, who was fatally shot in the abdomen while sitting in a parked car in the 200 block of South Campbell Avenue about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.