Nine people have been killed, four of them minors, and 47 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago so far on Father’s Day weekend.
A teenage girl, 2 teen boys and a 3-year-old are among the dead.
A 27-year-old man was driving his 3-year-old son in the 600 block of North Central Avenue when a blue Honda pulled up and fired into their car just before 6:30 Saturday night, according to police.
Police said the man was only grazed, but the 3-year-old was hit in the back and later died.
The father drove the boy to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, police said, but the boy was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. The father was also treated for a graze wound to the abdomen.
“Our city’s collective heart breaks… There are simply no words to describe such a heinous, unconscionable act of cowardice to shoot at a toddler,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted after hearing of the incident.