'We’ve turned up the heat on gangs in the city and we will continue to do that,' Supt. Brown said. 'But this special focus is purposeful because an 8-year-old … is senselessly killed in our city. So I think it’s quite appropriate that we raise the level of resources, our sense of urgency to send an even stronger message to gangs...'
and investigators to deter retaliatory attacks and build cases against the "drivers of violence."
Melissa was walking with her mother near the intersection of 26th Street and Pulaski Road Saturday afternoon when a gunman dressed in black stepped from an alley and opened fire. Melissa was struck twice in the head and collapsed as she ran with her mother. Ernest Cato, chief of the department’s counterterrorism bureau, said patrols have been increased and will be conducting more seatbelt checks and traffic stops. Gang, firearm and narcotics investigators are being deployed to conduct intelligence gathering "for targeted arrests to decrease impact of drivers of violence."While Mayor Lori Lightfoot earlier said police had promising leads in the shooting, Brown and the other officials offered few details about the investigation.
He also declined to say whether investigators had footage showing Melissa holding hands with her mother when she was shot. A police report said Melissa’s mother reported she was running with her daughter when the girl went "limp" after being struck.Brown acknowledged what the city’s own data has shown for the last few years: gun violence is steadily rising.
Anyone with information about Melissa’s shooting can leave an anonymous tip at 408-0069. Any tipsters who provide information leading to an arrest or conviction can receive up to a $15,000 reward."Losing a child under any circumstances is horrifying. And the circumstances in which this family lost this precious, precious child is almost unspeakable," the mayor said at an unrelated news conference.
Lightfoot held out hope that police would make an arrest soon. "I can’t get into a lot of details. But I can tell you … that there are some promising leads. And I hope that we’ll have a more substantive announcement soon," she said.
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