8-year-old girl dies after being shot in the head by known offender in Portage Park; offender also shot

CHICAGO - An eight-year-old girl was fatally shot in Portage Park Saturday night.

At about 9:40 p.m., a known offender approached a group in the 3500 block of North Long and produced a handgun, police said.

She was identified by family as Sarabi Medina.

Another person at the scene then got into a physical altercation with the offender to attempt to disarm him.

During the struggle, the offender was shot in the face.

The offender was transported to a local hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.

A weapon was recovered from the scene.

At this time, police have not released how the offender was known to the group.

Area detectives are investigating.