An 8-year-old girl is shot dead on her scooter outside her Chicago apartment building by a man who lived on her block
- Eight-year-old Sarabi Medina was playing on her scooter in Portage Park in Chicago at 8:40 p.m. when she was approached by a gunman and shot in the head
- Witnesses said the little girl was getting ice cream out of a truck just before she was shot
- In a gruesome twist, Sarabi’s mother had also been killed in a shooting in 2018
A little girl was shot and killed Saturday while playing outside her Chicago apartment by a man who lived on her block.
Eight-year-old Sarabi Medina was playing with her father on her scooter outside her home in Portage Park, Chicago, when she was approached by a gunman at 8:40 p.m. and shot in the head.
She was preparing to start fourth grade at Reinberg Elementary School when she was shot dead in the “completely unprovoked” attack. Her mother was also killed by gun violence in 2018.
The child was rushed to the hospital from his home on the 3500 block of North Long Avenue, where he was pronounced dead.
Eight-year-old Sarabi Medina was playing with her father on her scooter outside her home in Portage Park, Chicago, when she was approached by a gunman at 8:40 p.m. and shot in the head
The child was rushed to the hospital from his home on the 3500 block of North Long Avenue, where he was pronounced dead
Witnesses said the little girl was getting ice cream out of a truck just before she was shot.
Michael Goodman was arrested moments after the ordeal. He lives on the same block where the shots were fired. He is due to appear in bail court on Monday and will be charged with first-degree murder.
Destiny Hill, the family’s neighbor, told Fox 32, “She was cute, she just rode her scooter up and down the sidewalk smiling.” An innocent, innocent girl who didn’t deserve this.
Rene Aquino, a friend of the victim’s father, Michael Medina, said: “She was his world.”
After they heard a gunshot, he recalled, “He said to his daughter, grab your scooter, come on you go upstairs, go upstairs.”
“He wasn’t even halfway to the door when Ben says, ‘Look, this guy’s just coming out of the building, he’s got a gun.’
Then they saw the shooter come within range of the little girl.
The girl’s mother also died at gunpoint
A memorial was erected in front of the girl’s home in Chicago
Michael Goodman was arrested moments after the ordeal. He lives on the same block where the shots were fired. He is due to appear in bail court on Monday
He said: “As he raised the gun, Mike saw him and said, ‘That’s my daughter!’
“Mike walks up to him, he walks up to her and shoots her right in the head.”
Mike, Sarabi’s father, then took action against the suspect.
The gun went off again, shooting the suspect in the face.
Sue Kyser, who lives nearby, told ABC 7, “For what reason did you kill an innocent child, an innocent little girl?”
“Now these parents have to mourn their baby and everything else, and every time they turn and look they will know it was across the street.
“Nobody lets their kids come here and play.”
“People won’t take their kids to this park because they’re scared.” We just wanted to show our respect to her and her family. But it’s just crazy.’