Man suddenly shot in the face by someone in a car

A man was wounded in a shooting Sunday in Brainerd on the South Side.

About 6:15 p.m., the 64-year-old was talking to someone he knew in a car in the 9000 block of South Laflin Street when the other person fired shots, Chicago police said.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the face, police said.

Area Two detectives are investigating.

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8-year-old girl critically hurt by stray gunfire in East Chicago

An 8-year-old girl was in critical condition after being shot in the head by stray gunfire Thursday night while seated on a living room floor doing homework in East Chicago, Indiana.