Chicago's out of control crime wave claims yet ANOTHER innocent victim: Retired special ed teacher, 67, is killed in crossfire on way home from White Sox game when gunmen fire at each other from cars on highway
A special education teacher was killed in the crossfire of a Chicago expressway shootout Tuesday evening as gun crime in the city continues to soar. Denise M. Huguelet, 67, was shot at around 10pm on the city's Dan Ryan Expressway, while she and her husband were on their way home from a White Sox game. The mother of five and grandmother of 11 was later pronounced dead at a hospital from a gunshot wound to the back. Her death came as shootings in the city have increased 12 percent this year, with 2198 reported as of August 17 compared to 1968 during the same period last year, according to city crime statistics. On Wednesday a seven-year-old boy was shot in the stomach while sitting with his mother in a parked vehicle at 8.20pm Wednesday in the Chicago's East Ukrainian Village, Chicago police reported. He was listed as in stable condition. Meanwhile Mayor Lori Lightfoot has remained largely silent on the latest shootings. Denise Huguelet with her Husband Michael. She was shot a