How a ‘Precious’ 8-Year-Old Was Gunned Down on a Chicago Street
Melissa Ortega, a third-grader at Chicago’s Emiliano Zapata Academy, moved to the U.S. with her mother just six months ago. After making their way from Mexico to California, the two settled in the Windy City, where much of their family already lived.
But instead of a new beginning in America, Araceli Leaños is now preparing to bury her young daughter.
On Sunday, the 8-year-old Ortega was killed by a stray bullet when a gang member tried to gun down a rival in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, police said, identifying the girl for the first time since the shooting.
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