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Father, baby shot while in van parked on Chicago street

(MCT) CHICAGO — A father was changing his infant daughter’s diaper in a parked minivan when a gunman walked up and shot both Monday afternoon in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, police said.

The 6-month-old girl, identified by family members as Jonylah Watkins, underwent hours of surgery at Comer Children’s Hospital after she was shot in her right shoulder and a bullet lodged in her left thigh, police said. A police spokesman wasn’t sure if she had been shot once or twice. She remained in critical condition Monday evening, according to a Fire Department spokesman.

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