Toddler, man killed in Chicago shooting
By Reuters
16 February 2017 |
4:23 am
The shooting of a two-year-old boy and a 26-year-old man in Chicago on Tuesday has triggered an angry response from police chief Eddie Johnson who told reporters, "I'm sick of it'.
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