14-Year-Old Chicago Girl Fatally Shot Over Alleged Facebook Feud; Suspect Charged

A teenage girl in Chicago was fatally shot on Monday over an alleged Facebook feud, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Charges in the death of Endia Martin, 14, were filed on Tuesday morning though authorities did not disclose further details of the investigation.

Endia was walking home from Tilden Career Community Academy, where she was a freshman student, around 4:30 p.m. when she was approached by another girl who shot her in the head, police said.

She was rushed to Comer Children's Hospital where she was later pronounced dead. Another victim, a 16-year-old girl, was shot the in the arm and taken to St. Bernard Hospital and Healthcare Center where she was listed in stable condition.

Kent Kennedy, Endia's stepfather, told the Tribune that Endia and the suspect "had words and she gunned our daughter down. For what? What reason would another girl gun down another child?

"It's senseless. Kids are dying so young nowadays. It's senseless. Parents shouldn't have to bury no child."

Kennedy said the family moved Endia to another school to keep her safe. She was shot about half a mile from her house in the city's South Side.

"No place in Chicago is safe for teenagers nowadays," he told the newspaper. "No place is safe."

According to authorities, police believe there was a confrontation including a group of girls before the shooting. Kennedy claimed a girl from another school walked up to the group and opened fire.

His stepdaughter was "14 years old, beautiful, nice spirit, active in sports," Kennedy said at the hospital. "She loved music, loved to dance."

"No child needs to be gunned down like a dog in the street. Nobody, period," he said.

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