8-year-old girl wounded in South Side shooting, Chicago police say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An 8-year-old girl was injured in a shooting on the South Side Tuesday night, Chicago police said.

The shooting took place at about 9:47 p.m. in the 3000-block of South State Street.

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Police said the girl was in a vehicle with family members who were involved in a verbal altercation with people inside a white SUV.

A male suspect in the white SUV threatened to shoot the vehicle the victim was in and then fired two shots at the vehicle, police said.

The girl was shot in the left thigh and transported to Comer Children's Hospital, where she was listed in fair condition.

"We were trying to get her in the ambulance to ride along and she was like any mom would be when your 8-year-old gets shot," community activist Pastor Donovan Price said.

Pastor Price counseled the girl's mother shortly after the Tuesday night attack.

"At some point you get upset when you're driving or in line or at a gas station or in a grocery store even, whatever the case may be, some of the things you do regularly are now becoming deadly or dangerous," Pastor Price said.

Police said the suspect fled the scene and no one is in custody. Area Three detectives are investigating.