so violent crime in major cities is completely out of control. thousands are dying. dying this weekendld in chicago, for example, an eight year old girl waser murdered. there s a local news reportne telling what happened. eight year old melissa ortega b dead after being struckor by stray gunfire. accordingdi to police. witnesses say her mom was seen covered in blood outside fifth third bank along was twenty six . street detectives say the offenders were dropped off to the area and confronted a twenty six year old man as he was walking out of the store. s the manho was shot in the lower back . bullets also struck this hondahi odyssey shatterings the rear windshield glass, according to detectives. another eight year old girl was inside at the time, fortunately unharmed. at least five kids underha the age of 18 have been shot c and killed here in chicago so far this year. but it s not just chicago, it s nationwide. ten of this country s biggestet cities have set all time homicide re
the gunman targeting other men during an argument is still on the loose. in may a block away a tourist from rhode island and 4-year-old girl were among three people injured by stray bullets during a shoot-out between brothers feuding. and a tour frist kansas was also injured by stray gunfire. a spike in shootings not just here in times square but throughout the entire city has plagued new york during its pandemic recovery. it is the single most important issue during the ongoing mayoral election. trace. trace: david lee miller live in times square. thank you. dana: police officers in philadelphia coming under fire while aiding a gunshot victim in the northern part of the city. unidentified shooter opened fires on the officers late sunday night. more than 20 people were shot across the city over the weekend. lawrence jones joins us now.
joining at 9:50, 9:20 is when people start reporting a shooting there, reporting a man with a rifle got past a tsa screener. a suspect reportedly shot. more information coming in as we look at these live pictures right now. again, looking between terminal 2 and 3 near the virgin america. terminal 3 for folks who have been there, this is a massive open space. just the thought of somebody being able to get in with a weapon, there are hundreds of people, if not thousands in the immediate vicinity who could be hurt by stray gunfire. we still don t know exactly how this unfolded. the only official word coming in now, tsa spokesperson at headquarters told us the shooting happened at a checkpoint. a tsa employee was injured. again, we saw another person in a wheelchair also treated. it s still unclear whether this is still developing or whether
same mobile home park and heard the screams. he immediately called for backup. now, when the other officers arrived on scene, they tried talking to the suspect and they say he opened fire on them, and that is when that gun battle began. one witness telling a local newspaper, it sounded like world war ii because there were so many bullets flying through the air. now, there were eight assisting officers involved in that exchange. one was hit by stray gunfire, eventually police lobbing smoke grenades into the mobile home by the time they got inside the suspect was dead and tonight not clear whether he was killed by officers for if he took his own life. investigators say the man had a temper and did have previous run-ins with law enforcement. julie: what do we know about the officer who was hurt. he works for a relatively small department, the german township department and his image broadcast around the world because someone snapped a still picture of him getting hit and going down an