We're sad to report on yet another tragic incident that has occurred in Chicago, Illinois. This time a pregnant woman, her mother and infant son were shot at after leaving a family gathering with two men - unfortunately the women did not survive.

At around 7:00 p.m. last night the group was standing outside of a house in the 5300 block of South Aberdeen St., a neighborhood commonly referred to as Chicago's Back of the Yards. It was then the unidentified gunman began firing at them from a moving vehicle, striking 23-year-old Patricia Chew and her 11-month-old son. Patricia - who was two months pregnant - and her mother Lolita Wells, 43, were confirmed dead by Deputy Chief Eugene Roy, while Patricia's son and two men were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

Police rushed the 11-month-old to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital immediately after he was shot - he is currently in stable condition. One of the wounded men took gunshots to both legs, while the other was shot in the abdomen.

"You have an innocent family coming home from a family outing," said Deputy Roy during a press conference. "In a second, two generations of that child's family were wiped out."

In a related report, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel said "enough is enough' after 14 people were shot in a 15-hour timespan yesterday. "You can say this happened in the neighborhood of the Back of the Yards, but everybody (who) woke up this morning, or heard it last night, felt a pain of anguish, and it's time that our criminal justice system and the laws as it relates to access to guns and the penalties for using 'em reflect the values of the people of the city of Chicago," he stated.

Source: NBC Chicago|Chicago Tribune