ABC News April 19, 2021

7-year-old girl shot dead in broad daylight in Chicago, mayor 'heartbroken and angered'

WATCH: 7-year-old girl killed at McDonald’s drive-thru

Chicago's mayor says she's "heartbroken and angered" after a 7-year-old girl was shot and killed while in a car in broad daylight.

The young girl, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Jaslyn Adams, was shot multiple times, and the man with her was shot in the torso, while in a car at about 4:18 p.m. Sunday on the city's West Side, the Chicago Police Department said.

Jaslyn was taken to Stroger Hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said. The 29-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition, police said.

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ABC Chicago station WLS reported that the victims were father and daughter and were in a McDonald's drive-thru at the time of the shooting.

A McDonald's employee told WLS that two suspects jumped out of another car and ambushed the victims.

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A seven-year-old girl was shot and killed in a fast-food drive-thru on Chicago's West Side on April 18, 2021, police said.

Police said no suspects are in custody.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted Sunday night, "I am heartbroken and angered that a 7-year-old child was killed this afternoon on Chicago's West Side."

"This unthinkable act of violence has no place here," she wrote. "The epidemic of gun violence cutting our children's lives short cannot go on."