Girl, 7, Shot To Death At Her Grandmother’s House At A Fourth Of July Party

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A 7-year-old girl died Saturday after being shot at a family Fourth of July party in Austin — the third weekend in a row in Chicago that’s seen a child under 10 among the city’s shooting victims.

The girl was playing on a sidewalk around 7 p.m. when three men got out of a white car and shot more than 20 times in the direction of the people holding the party, a group that the police said included many children.

She was visiting her grandmother’s house for the family party.

“There were kids riding by on bicycles . . . enjoying the Fourth of July, as they should have been,” said Fred Waller, the Chicago Police Department’s chief of operations.

The girl, identified by her family as Natalia Wallace, was shot in the forehead and pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital. An autopsy by the Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled her death a homicide.

A 32-year-old man also suffered a graze wound in the incident, police stated. That individual self-transported to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was reported to be in fair condition.

Police said they weren't sure who the target was in the shooting, adding that detectives are still investigating

Girl, 7, shot to death at her grandmother’s house in Austin at a Fourth of July party

‘For her life to be cut down for no reason, it’s ridiculous,’ the girl’s father Nathan Wallace said outside Stroger Hospital, where Natalia Wallace was pronounced dead.

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First-degree murder charges were filed against a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl in Austin on Fourth of July.

Reginald Lamar Merrill, 33, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the death of Natalia Wallace, Chicago police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said at a news conference.

Natalia was struck by a stray bullet while she was playing outside at a family Fourth of July party about 7 p.m. Chicago police said. Three men got out of a white car and shot more than 20 rounds in the direction of the people holding the party.

Detectives identified the vehicle through video, tracked it through the district, obtained a license plate and arrested Merrill, who was driving the car, around 9:15 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Pine Avenue, police said. Investigators believe the shooting may have been in retaliation for an earlier homicide.

Detectives are still looking for three other suspects in the incident, Deenihan said.

“Take some ownership in the decisions you made,” Deenihan said. “Come on in, turn yourselves in and admit that you killed a 7-year-old child.”

Man charged with murder in fatal Fourth of July shooting of 7-year-old girl in Austin

Reginald Lamar Merrill was driving a white vehicle that matched the description of the car involved in the shooting, police said. Detectives are still looking for three other suspects.

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[Sejanus]

Empty a clip into his face

 

[Sevens My Charm]

That baby girl had beautiful eyes

 

[Prettypink513]

Isn't 33 a little OLD to be gang bangin? What a loser. Kill him now. His life is NOTHING

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@Prettypink513

He is a man-child and probably has a mom and baby-mama that condone his behavior.
He needs a long prison sentence to fix him of that.

 

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Police have made a second arrest in the murder of slain 7-year-old Natalie Wallace.

Davion Mitchell, 22, has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery after Wallace was shot and later died at a Fourth of July party in the 100 block of North Latrobe.

Earlier in July, the accused getaway driver, Reginald Merrill, 33, of Chicago, was charged with first-degree murder.

Police believe three men got out of a vehicle Merrill was driving, including Mitchell, and opened fire. They said Mitchell got out of the front-passenger side door and began shooting.

The shooting was reportedly gang retaliation and Wallace was shot in the forehead while playing in her grandmother’s yard.

Father Nathan Wallace said he had dropped his daughter off at her grandmother’s house minutes before she was shot.

“I left out the block 10 minutes then get a call one of, ‘your baby is shot,’” Nathan Wallace said. “My heart’s broken. It hurts me my youngest daughter is no longer here.”

Police are still looking for two more men accused of firing shots in Wallace’s direction.

Second man charged with first-degree murder of 7-year-old Natalie Wallace

CHICAGO — Police have made a second arrest in the murder of slain 7-year-old Natalie Wallace. Davion Mitchell, 22, has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery after Wallace was…

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Davion Mitchell was found not guilty of murder and other felonies a week after jury selection began on April.

Man acquitted in shooting death of 7-year-old in Chicago in 2020

A jury acquitted a man of shooting and killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace, making him the second defendant found not guilty in the slaying on the Fourth of July in 2020.

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