Eight-year-old girl shot dead by Chicago gunman targeting someone else

Police said she was walking on the street with her guardian on Saturday afternoon when someone fired at a 26-year-old man leaving a nearby store.

The girl was pronounced dead at a hospital. The man police believe was the intended target was shot in the back and hospitalized in critical condition. Authorities did not have an update on his condition on Sunday. The attacker had not been arrested.

Her family came to Chicago from Mexico last year, according to family members organizing an online effort to pay for funeral services expected to be held in Mexico.