Three children were among 14 people shot during a bloody Halloween drive-by shooting at a vigil in Chicago.
The kids, aged three, 11 and 13, were rushed to hospital after two gunmen opened fire from a car in the city's west side.
Eleven others, aged from their 30s to their 50s were also struck by the hail of bullets, while another was hit by the vehicle.
The victims' conditions ranged from critical to non-life threatening following the latest horror attack to rock Chicago.
The group had been attending a vigil on the street corner around 9.30pm, with a balloon release scheduled for later in the evening.
But it was shelved when the two shooters raced by and fired on them over the course of three seconds.
The sickening attack marked a night of bloodshed across the US as families celebrated Halloween.
One person was shot dead at a party in Kansas City while an armed suspect shot himself outside Government Plaza in Mobile, Alabama.
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