From my twitter feed. This was part of the Memorial weekend shooting (total 32 shot over three days)
Full story is below. The main shooter is the 39 y/o from below. That is his car, he did all this infront of the police cam.
Baby waved, smiled at men right before they killed her mother, prosecutors say
Two men were ordered held without bail in the murder of Brittany Hill, who shielded her 1-year-old daughter during the shooting in Austin.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/...ichael-washington-eric-adams-urbana-champaign
By Matthew Hendrickson and Alison Martin Updated May 30, 2019, 12:55pm CDT
Moments before two men opened fired on a young mother holding her infant child earlier this week in Austin, the 1-year-old held up her hand, smiled and waved at them as they drove up, prosecutors said.
Despite that, 39-year-old Michael Washington fired from the passenger seat of the Chevrolet Impala into the group of people the mother was standing with shortly before 9 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Mason, authorities said.
Brittany Hill, 24, was almost immediately struck by one of the bullets in the abdomen, but was able to keep hold of her child and then turned to shield her baby from further gunfire, prosecutors said.
Washington and 23-year-old Eric Adams, who was driving, stopped the car, a silver Chevy Impala, got out and continued to fire at the fleeing victims, prosecutors said.
As the others in the group ran off, Hill staggered away and fell at the back of a parked car, where she continued to shield her daughter, prosecutors said.
Judge John F. Lyke Jr. denied bail for both men when they appeared at an initial hearing Thursday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on charges of first-degree murder in Hill’s death.
Lyke called the shooting “chilling, mind-boggling and utterly senseless,” and appeared to choke up as he recounted how Hill had protected her baby.
“This mother, even though shot, was still trying to protect her child,” Lyke said.
Hill’s 1-year-old daughter survived the attack and Hill’s actions to protect the girl as she faced the violent onslaught have been praised as heroic.
Full story is below. The main shooter is the 39 y/o from below. That is his car, he did all this infront of the police cam.
Baby waved, smiled at men right before they killed her mother, prosecutors say
Two men were ordered held without bail in the murder of Brittany Hill, who shielded her 1-year-old daughter during the shooting in Austin.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/...ichael-washington-eric-adams-urbana-champaign
By Matthew Hendrickson and Alison Martin Updated May 30, 2019, 12:55pm CDT
Moments before two men opened fired on a young mother holding her infant child earlier this week in Austin, the 1-year-old held up her hand, smiled and waved at them as they drove up, prosecutors said.
Despite that, 39-year-old Michael Washington fired from the passenger seat of the Chevrolet Impala into the group of people the mother was standing with shortly before 9 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Mason, authorities said.
Brittany Hill, 24, was almost immediately struck by one of the bullets in the abdomen, but was able to keep hold of her child and then turned to shield her baby from further gunfire, prosecutors said.
Washington and 23-year-old Eric Adams, who was driving, stopped the car, a silver Chevy Impala, got out and continued to fire at the fleeing victims, prosecutors said.
As the others in the group ran off, Hill staggered away and fell at the back of a parked car, where she continued to shield her daughter, prosecutors said.
Judge John F. Lyke Jr. denied bail for both men when they appeared at an initial hearing Thursday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on charges of first-degree murder in Hill’s death.
Lyke called the shooting “chilling, mind-boggling and utterly senseless,” and appeared to choke up as he recounted how Hill had protected her baby.
“This mother, even though shot, was still trying to protect her child,” Lyke said.
Hill’s 1-year-old daughter survived the attack and Hill’s actions to protect the girl as she faced the violent onslaught have been praised as heroic.
