In a shocking turn of events, a 9 year old girl from Chicago was fatally shot in front of her father
by her neighbour before her father tackled him to the ground. As the girl’s father struggled to
tackle the gunman, he managed to shoot him. This has sparked grave concerns among the residents of the US who are worried about the wellbeing of their loved ones in a society where child gun violence has far reaching consequences affecting not just the immediate family but also the surrounding neighbourhood and society at large.
Who Was The Chicago Shooter?
Michael Goodman, a 43 year old civilian from Chicago is facing first degree murder charges for
killing Serabi Medina at around 9:20 p.m in the 3500 block of North Long Avenue. During a
hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courts building in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, no motive for the
shooting was revealed. However, witnesses have revealed that Goodman allegedly shot the girl
because he was upset over the noise that her scooter made while she rode it in her
neighbourhood.
How The Incident Unfolded?
During the court hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors revealed that Serabi’s father was speaking to
his friends inside a car while his daughter was at an ice cream truck with her scooter when
everybody inside the car heard a gunshot. Before Serabi could make her way back home on
being told by her father go back, gunman Michael walked out of his apartment loaded with a
handgun and shot the girl in head outside her home on a sidewalk.
Medina’s father interrupted the gunman before the incident took place as he was suspicious of him as he walked towards his daughter, however the defendant ignored the father and continued to walk towards the victim. While the father ran towards her daughter, the gunman loaded his gun directing it towards the girl before shooting her in the head. According to the police, Michael worked as a computer programmer for the past 20 years and had a Firearm Owners Identification Card (FOID) with him.
The wounded girl was taken to Stroger Hospital in a critical condition where she succumbed to
her injuries. According to the neighbours, the family moved to Portage Park Apartments shortly
after Medina’s mother, 29 year old Blanca Medina was shot and killed in 2018.
