9-Year Old Caught In Crossfire & Killed Playing Jump Rope In Chicago

Posted on August 11th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Babies, Hip Hop Wired, Jesus Take The Wheel, News, R.I.P., Shooting, Stop the Violence

Tanja Stokes and Ariana Jones

Violence continues to grip the city of Chicago. Tanja Stokes, 9, was killed and her cousin Ariana Jones, 7, wounded in a shooting on the city’s South Side, yesterday.

The two were jumping rope outside when witnesses say at least two gunmen rode by on bikes and riddled the house that the two girls were playing in front of with bullets. Both little girls were shot in the head and Jones remains in critical condition.

Though family members say they don’t know why the house was targeted, they say the shooters were well aware that there were children playing outside.

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  • IN THE ZONE

    :(

  • ~ChynaPeach~

    When is enough gonna be enough? They kill our kids everyday without caring about the families that have to deal with their carelessness if u want to kill so bad kill urself. leave innocent ppl out of it!

  • amyee81

    chicago is worse than i thought. so sad :(

  • Hispaniola Brotherhoood

    Stories like these should be front and center not the opinion piece whining about who Russell Simmons dates. Russell Simmons dating black women will not help the community. Learning from this young lady’s tragic death will.

  • LISTENUP

    WHILE OBAMAN SITS AND DOES NOTHING WITH BLACK CHILDREN DYING IN THE STREETS OF HIS HOME TOWN. EVEN BILL CLINTON WOULD COME OUT AND SPEAK UP ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF. HE IS USELESS. ONE TERM AND ONE TERM ONLY. AND MICHELLE WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS? ON I FORGOT, ON VACATION.

  • 7lady

    This is terribly sad! I feel outraged! What is wrong with Chicago? What is wrong with our youth everywhere? Us adults got to come together!! This sh*t has to STOP!!

  • Angel

    This is so sad. It seems like living in Chicago may be a living hell.

  • Chelly chell

    My thoughts and prayers are with this family!!! I used to reside in Chicago and I pretty much feared for my life living there. Everyday you would read or hear about 20-30 shootings happening on the southside alone….(let’s not forgot about the westside, south suburbs, northside etc)! I’m living in Atlanta now and loving it! Yes, violence is everywhere, but I have a peace of mind knowing that I can go to my mailbox, sit on the porch, have a conversation with my neighbors without being shot.

    Once again, my thoughts and prayers are with this family!!!!

  • Just Sayin

    Really Sad!

  • TRALADY

    This is such a sad story… SMH!

  • Somali Ninga

    These storys make me angry! :(
    RIP

  • Moreaces

    Now this is the kind of story that really makes you think end of days.. tragic, and sad

  • nettie

    What is wrong with Chicago? Every minute something is happening? Too many innocent children getting killed over senseless shit!!! Smdh

  • BLACK MEN, STOP KILLING OUR YOUTH!!!

    Black men are always bashing black women and pointing out our flaws. Yet black men continue to remain oblivious to their violence in our communities.

    Black men are destroying one another, and they are killing innocent children over bullshyt.

    Black men always like to say black women wear weaves, we have attitudes, we are overweight etc yet they never address their violent tendencies in our communities!!!

    Black men get it together and stop killing other black people. Black men have killed more black people than they fu_king KK.K. Enough is enough!!!!

    R.i.p to this little girl, hopefully the other one survives.

  • emmettmays85

    R.I.P to the fallen angel

  • LYRICS

    i can’t read it, but i will say that Chi needs 2 DO SUMTHIN’ ABOUT ALL THIS BULLISHT GOIN’ DOWN IN THE CITY!!!!! HAVEN’T THEY NOTICED THAT A LOT OF INNOCENT CHILDREN ARE BEIN’ HURT N’ KILL’D!!!!????

  • djames

    Its sad and scary because I live in Chicago and that was literally around the corner from my house. I’m a young black male myself in my early 20s and its sad seeing my black brothers act so stupid, they don care about anybody not even themselves. They need to bring the National Guard because I fear for myself and my family in these streets

  • emmettmays85

    chicago is a city of total destruction

  • A sad day!!

    “WHY ISN’T THERE 400 COMMENTS ON THIS THREAD”!!? I betcha if this was about Rhi-rhi, neyo or who is dating who, we would see 9000 comments. SMH!

  • Kem War

    Putting the killers in prison is to soft of a punishment.

  • emmettmays85

    man we need to stop , we are burrying too many of our beautiful black babies

  • romaro1

    so now its Obama’s fault! GTFOH

  • Sanriobaby =^.^=

    Is no place safe for kids to play?!!! Communities need to take back thier blocks and get rid of the gangbangers and drugdealers. The whole idea of “stop snitchin” has resulted in our communities being held hostage by the lowest of humanity. People need to take a stand and fight back, get with local leaders and demand that the police do more. But this can only happen if people are willing to speak up and speak out against crime. Until then, we will continue to bury babies who’ve died simply b/c they are playing outside. Don’t let these kids continue to die in vain!

  • !!!!!

    SO SAD.

  • !!!!!

    THAT IS SO SAD.

  • James Thomas

    Makes Detroit seem safe!

  • Woozy

    That is absolutely heartbreaking and we dont need the white man to wipe our race out. We’re doing it ourselves!

  • Nurse GiGi

    Who does THIS????

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  • Lea

    Black man are animals why are people surprised?Worthless punks.

  • Lea

    Black man are worthless animals.

  • Mabel

    Kids can’t even enjoy their summer anymore. May her lil soul R.I.P.

    Our ancestors are rolling in their graves, after all they endured to ensure our survival and to see what we have now become. I agree with poster@05:37:PM the black man will achieve what others did not, the total destruction of the race.

  • Allegra_Storm

    This is a very unfortunate event , two little girl may loose their life.i live in Chicago, don’t think this made the news. I think the family not knowing why their house was the target is some ish. People need to stop harboring these criminals and think that ish won’t come to their door. This has nothing to do Obama or white folks. Ignorant mofo will continue to do this ish.

  • Stand N Tall

    I’m being serious when I ask this question but can someone tell me how so many of the wrong people have guns? And what can we do to stop iT? I’m sick of this! People can try to preach to these lost souls all day but nothing is gonna get done until the guns are gone. Easier said than done but true.

  • Kandy

    Those poor little girls, all they were doing was trying to be kids. What is wrong with this world, our children can’t even play anymore. Keeping those families in my prayers!

  • teeem

    Everyone wanted a black president and we have one now his legacy will be that his hometown was the killing capital while he was in office. How embarrasing.

  • ben

    Typical America, it will never end, its part of life, sad but true!! Chicago needs the national guards there, cops are weak in that city!!

  • stop the madnessssss!!!

    These criminals need no trial just put an eye for an eye. Criminals always gets theres when there aren’t expecting it. U dish out dirt, dirt come back on u. Its called Karma. Karma is coming back on every criminal on planet earth, whereever u hide

  • serene

    Chicago needs to declare a state of emergency. Ish is just outta hand over there. No body is safe. How many more children are gonna lose their lives before someone does something. I’ve lost track of the number of stories I’ve heard coming out of Chicago alone just this summer. SMH

  • LaDiva

    I see cowards are everywhere…Smh r.i.p little baby girl.

  • bigbootyjudy

    I’M FROM THE WESTSIDE OF CHICAGO, AND A *MAJORITY* OF THESE SHOOTINGS ARE HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH SIDE. I MOVED TO THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO, AND I REFUSE TO GO TO THE CITY. I DONT EVEN GO TO MY OWN CHURCH ANYMORE, BECAUSE ITS IN THE CITY. REALLY, EITHER MOVE, OR RISK GETTING SHOT.

  • Human Racist

    Chicago: Gangs”R”‘Us – “Where a kid CAN’T be a kid!!!”

    Where is Messy Jesse and Big Perm when chit like this happens?!?!

  • Wake Up Black people!

    Stop allowing the criminals to run your streets freely!!!! They know they can do whatever they want and no one will turn them in. protecting your family & community by turning in murderers is NOT snitching its COMMON fukin SENSE!!! It seems protecting criminals is more important that protecting our children. im so disgusted.

  • LaDiva

    Smh cowards are everywhere. R.i.p little angel

  • carmelle

    CHICAGO.. is sad and even worser than you though i live here..nice neighborhood but YA’LL WE NEED HELP HERE!!

  • tatyana

    im glad i move the hell away from there alot of people that i was friends with have been killed over there
    r.i.p to all my frands

  • http://www.twitter.com/datd00disit Dat Dood

    Why am I not surprised by this bullshit? Another senseless violence in Chicago Land. Ridiculous

  • Marria

    Send them B****** oversea.
    Let them see how Real men fights.
    Poor little childrens cant play outside, what is happening and Why.

  • ron

    My thoughts and prayers are with this family!!! I used to reside in Chicago and I pretty much feared for my life living there. Everyday you would read or hear about 20-30 shootings happening on the southside alone….(let’s not forgot about the westside, south suburbs, northside etc)! I’m living in Atlanta now and loving it! Yes, violence is everywhere, but I have a peace of mind knowing that I can go to my mailbox, sit on the porch, have a conversation with my neighbors without being shot.

    Once again, my thoughts and prayers are with this family!!!!
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    You could have done all those things in Chicago. Most of the city is nearly violence free. It’s always those same 8 or 9 ghetto neighborhoods that give the whole city a bad rap. I’m a young black male and I’ve lived in this city for 20 years and have never been a victim of any type of violence. I’ve also lived all over the city. People blame the city of Chicago (typical of black people, always blaming someone else) as if its the problem. Black people are the problem becase you don’t see white people shooting each other. Anyway, I truly believe the less black people Chicago have the better the city will be so I’d say good riddance to you. Again, I’m a young black male and honestly can’t stand being around most black people because most of them are ghetto, uncivilized animals.

    Btw, were you one of the 30k people who nearly caused a riot down in Atlanta while trying to get a section 8 application?

  • ron

    CHICAGO.. is sad and even worser than you though i live here..nice neighborhood but YA’LL WE NEED HELP HERE!!
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    “Worser” is not a word. The lack of an education and the use of Ebonics are two major reasons why the black community in this country is where it is.

  • April

    Yep this was 7 blocks away from my house, pray for them. Pray for the Roseland Community.

  • ignoranceizbliss

    They probably care about Obama and what he’d have to say as much as they cared about the girl…If someone can’t figure that they shouldn’t shoot at/around kids or anyone for that matter then there’s no hope for them…they should be shot

  • pretty kardashshian

    This is very tragic and those men deserve to die..but let’s not make this a reason to bash president Obama…(@ listenup)

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