Girl, 8, is shot dead outside her Chicago apartment while riding on her scooter by man who lived on her block

• Sarabi Medina, eight, was playing on her scooter in Portage Park, Chicago, when she was approached by a gunman and shot in the head at 8.40pm
• Witnesses said the little girl had just got ice cream from a truck moments before she was shot
• In a cruel twist, Sarabi’s mother had also been killed in a shooting in 2018 

A little girl was shot dead while playing outside her apartment in Chicago by a man who lived on her block on Saturday. 

Sarabi Medina, eight, was playing on her scooter with her father outside her apartment in Portage Park, Chicago, when she was approached by a gunman and shot in the head at 8.40pm. 

She was preparing to start fourth grade at Reinberg Elementary School when she was gunned down in the ‘completely unprovoked’ attack. Her mother was also killed by gun violence in 2018.

The child was rushed to hospital from her home on 3500 block of North Long Avenue, where she was pronounced dead. 

Sarabi Medina, eight, was playing on her scooter with her father outside her apartment in Portage Park, Chicago, when she was approached by a gunman and shot in the head at 8.40pm

The child was rushed to hospital from her home on 3500 block of North Long Avenue, where she was pronounced dead

Witnesses said that the little girl had just got ice cream from a truck moments before she was shot. 

Michael Goodman was arrested moments after the ordeal. He lives on the same block where the shots were fired. He is due in bond court on Monday and is charged with first degree murder. 

Destiny Hill, the family’s neighbor, told Fox 32: ‘She was sweet, she would just ride her scooter up and down the sidewalk smiling. An innocent, innocent girl who did not deserve that. 

Rene Aquino, a friend of the victim’s father Michael Medina, said: ‘She was his world.’

After they heard a gunshot, he recalled: ‘He tells his daughter, matter of fact, grab your scooter, come on, you’re going to go upstairs, go upstairs.

‘He wasn’t even like halfway toward the doorway, when Ben says, ‘watch out, this guy just came out the building, he’s got a gun in his hand.’

They then saw the gunman come within range of the little girl.  

The girl’s mother also died from gun violence

A memorial set up outside the girl’s home in Chicago

Michael Goodman was arrested moments after the ordeal. He lives on the same block where the shots were fired. He is due in bond court on Monday

He said: ‘When he raised the gun up, Mike seen him and said, “that’s my daughter!”

‘Mike starts moving towards him, he walks up to her and shoots her right in the head.’

Mike, Sarabi’s father, then tackled the suspect. 

The weapon went off again – shooting the suspect in the face. 

Sue Kyser, who lives nearby, told ABC 7: ‘You killed an innocent child, an innocent baby girl for what reason? 

‘Now these parents have to mourn their baby and everything else, and every time they turn around and look, they’ll know it was across the street. 

‘Nobody’s going to let their kids come around here and play. 

‘People aren’t going to take their kids to this park because they are terrified. We just wanted to pay our respects to her and to her family. But it’s just crazy.’ 

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