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Video shows toddler’s fatal shooting
By DON BABWIN
Associated Press

CHICAGO — Police are examining video that captured a shooting that killed a toddler and a man authorities say was the intended target.

The video was taken from inside a car driven by a young woman who was wounded in the shooting. The man and 2-year-old Levontay White were also in the car.

The woman and man can be seen listening to rap music before more than a dozen shots ring out. Screaming is heard as the footage becomes jumbled but shows the woman leaving the car and running toward a house. The video goes to black, but the audio continues and people can be heard yelling, ‘‘Oh my God,’’ ‘’I can’t breathe,’’ and ‘‘Please, no, no.’’

Police suspect the 26-year-old man, identified Wednesday by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Lazarec Collins, was the target of a gang hit. He was Levontay’s uncle and a gang member with an extensive criminal history.

Police have confirmed the authenticity of the video and it is part of their investigation, spokesman Frank Giancamilli said. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday. He also said that the woman, who is pregnant, was shot in the abdomen. Both she and her fetus are expected to survive.

Associated Press