A man was charged early this morning with shooting a 1-year-old girl, wounding her in the cheek and shoulder, during a family outing, police say.
Tarenzo Dillon, 26, of the 4600 block of South Michigan Avenue, was charged with aggravated battery with a firearm.
Early Monday morning, the girl was sitting in a park in the 7600 block of South Dobson Avenue when a fight broke out between her mother's current and former boyfriends, police said.
Dillon, the former boyfriend, fired shots and the girl was struck in the cheek and shoulder as she sat in a stroller, police said.
The mother tried to distance herself from the commotion but as she was walking away, she noticed her daughter was bleeding, police said.
The girl was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, then transferred to Comers Children's Hospital where she underwent surgery to her shoulder and jaw, officials said earlier. The child was listed as stable, police said.
Court records show Dillon was convicted in 2006 of a felony weapons charge and sentenced to a year of probation.
He is scheduled to appear in Central Bond court later today.
From: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/07/man-charged-in-shooting-of-toddler.html
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