- Kyesha Kohnke stood outside Stroger Hospital, her face hard with anger, as she described how her 10-year-old daughter cried in pain while a doctor and nurses tended to two gunshot wounds in the little girl's body.
"I thought she was dead," said Kohnke, 24. "It's sad. I'm happy that she's still here. But it's really sad."
Kitanna Peterson and Kohnke's boyfriend were hit by gunfire as they cooled off near a fire hydrant around 11:20 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of North Leamington Avenue in the Austin community, according to Chicago police.
This is like what? The fourth or fifth kid under 12 shot in the past 5 days? And how many were out late? This one was playing in the streets at 11:20 p.m? What's it going to take to wake people up? Someone getting shot.....oh wait, that's already happening and no one seems to give a shit.