The solemn celebration of the country's Independence Day turned into a horror and a nightmare. A 7-year-old girl was shot in her head and a 14-year-old boy was fatally killed in Chicago.  

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Gun violence occurred on Saturday night as the country celebrates Independence Day. Series of crime attacks were reported including the fatal death of a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy.

The 7-year-old girl was identified as Natalie Wallace. According to a published report in Fox News, the girl was outside her grandmother's house at a Fourth of July Party in Austin at around 7:00 p.m. A vehicle pulled up and three men started shooting.

Natalie Wallace was shot in her head and was pronounced dead after she was rushed to the hospital. Additionally, a 32-year-old man was also shot during the attack but is now in a stable condition. 

The fatal killing caught the attention of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. She wrote: "Tonight, a 7-year-old girl in Austin joined a list of teenagers and children whose hopes and dreams were ended by the barrel of a gun."

Earlier on Saturday, a 34-year-old woman, a 31-year-old man, and a 20-year-old man were also killed according to a published report by ABC7 Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune reported that four people and a 14-year-old boy were also killed while four others and an 11-year-old boy got injured on Saturday night in a neighborhood in Englewood. 

According to the police that four people walked up to a gathering and started shooting people. They fled and until now none of them is arrested.

This is the third week that the city has recorded a child below 10 years old was fatally shot and killed. 

Two weeks ago, a 3-year-old boy was fatally shot while in his stepfather's SUV. Last week, a 1-year-old boy was killed while in his mother's car.

In a report published by Chicago Sun-Times, the city Mayor has now deployed additional 1,200 police officers who will be working with violence prevention groups and get illegal guns off the street.

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