In this Thursday, June 14, 2018 photo, Chicago Police officers investigate the scene where two people were shot in Chicago. A 12-year-old Michigan girl spending the summer in Chicago was fatally shot at the scene, hours after attending a cousin's eighth-grade graduation. Family members at the hospital identified the girl as She'nyah O'Flynn of Covert, Michigan. She and a man who was injured were apparently unintended victims of gunfire from a nearby party. Police say there have been no arrests. (Tyler LaRiviere /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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CHICAGO (AP) - A 12-year-old Michigan girl spending the summer in Chicago was fatally shot, just a few hours after attending a cousin's eighth-grade graduation, police and family members said.
She'nyah O'Flynn was returning to a house in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood on Thursday night when she and a man were shot, apparently unintended victims of gunfire from a nearby party.
Her mother, She'vaughn O'Flynn, rushed to a hospital from Covert, Michigan, still in her pajamas. After she got to the hospital, she was asked if she wanted to see the body, the Chicago Tribune reported .
"I'm ready as I can be," O'Flynn replied. "I got the Lord with me."
Police said there were no immediate arrests.
O'Flynn said her daughter was a good student who loved playing soccer.
A 36-year-old man was injured in the shooting. The man's mother, Linda Riley-Bailey, says Chicago's violence is too much.
"They're killing our future," she said.
In this Thursday, June 14, 2018 photo, Chicago Police officers investigate the scene where two people were shot in Chicago. A 12-year-old Michigan girl spending the summer in Chicago was fatally shot at the scene, hours after attending a cousin's eighth-grade graduation. Family members at the hospital identified the girl as She'nyah O'Flynn of Covert, Michigan. She and a man who was injured were apparently unintended victims of gunfire from a nearby party. Police say there have been no arrests. (Tyler LaRiviere /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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In this Thursday, June 14, 2018 photo, Chicago Police officers investigate the scene where two people were shot in Chicago. A 12-year-old Michigan girl spending the summer in Chicago was fatally shot at the scene, hours after attending a cousin's eighth-grade graduation. Family members at the hospital identified the girl as She'nyah O'Flynn of Covert, Michigan. She and a man who was injured were apparently unintended victims of gunfire from a nearby party. Police say there have been no arrests. (Tyler LaRiviere /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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