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Baby Shot in Chest, Killed in Cleveland

It was an emotional, heartfelt response from Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams following the shooting death of a 6-month-old girl Thursday evening. Two other men were also in the auto.

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The county medical examiner’s office says emergency medics rushed 5-month-old Aavielle Wakefield to a children’s hospital, where she died after the shooting Thursday.

According to 911 calls obtained by ABC15’s sister station, WEWS-TV, a woman claimed, “someone was shooting at our auto and they shot the baby”.

“This should not be happening in our city”, Williams said, as he attempted to hold back tears and keep his emotions in check.

“We want bodies in jail tonight for this crime”, he said.

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This is the third child to be shot and killed in Cleveland in the past month. SWAT went inside the building in search of a suspect but no one was found inside. A 3-year-old boy and a 5-year-old boy were killed in September.

A five-month-old child has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Cleveland