CHICAGO (WGN) — Police have arrested a Chicago man in connection with the killing of a 7-year-old girl who was shot at a Fourth of July party Saturday night.
Reginald Merrill, 33, has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery after Natalie Wallace was shot in the head at around 9:15 p.m.
Police said they believe three men got out of a vehicle Merrill was driving and opened fire. The shooting was reportedly a gang retaliation, and Natalie was struck while playing in her grandmother’s yard.
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