Labor Day weekend bloodbath as girl, 8, is killed and boy, 6, shot as dozens are gunned down across America
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl was gunned down during a wave of horrific violence across America during the Labor Day Weekend.
The little girl was in the back of an SUV on Chicago's South Side when a gunman fired shots into the vehicle.
In Chicago, 51 people were hurt, eight of whom lost their lives.
A four-year-old boy and an 18-year-woman, both from the Gresham neighborhood, are among those recovering in hospital after shootings.
Three others were also shot in the leg or foot.
It happened just three hours before a 62-year-old man was killed while walking his dogs.
It's understood Michael Scully, who owned five cocker spaniels, had got into an argument with the gunman before the shooting.
Now city bosses and police chiefs have hit out at the shocking series of crimes.
Speaking after the death of the eight-year-old child, Chicago Police Chief of Operations Brian McDermott said: "I stand before you, saddened and angered, that another child has lost their life in senseless gun violence in the city of Chicago."
Brandon Scott, president of the Baltimore City Council, said in an email: "The amount of violence over the holiday weekend is beyond unacceptable."
NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said the shooting of Maxwell Cesc-Vinho is gang-related.
"This is a notorious gang area that, you know, we've had problems with in the past," he said.
The mother and son were just getting out of a cab when they were struck, he added.
Witness Joshua Kristal told the Post the little boy was being carried by his mother when the gunfire broke out.