numb to the rolling tally of murders, for the victims families, are only beginning. 11-year-old shamiya adams lost her life, when a stray bullet whizzed through a window. adams was the youngest victim of violence in chicago this weekend, but not the only one. >> it's sad, it's sad, it just devastating. beautiful, always had a smile on her face. >> reporter: racing for the violence to erupt. at least 20 shootings were reported on friday. despite an action plan to have more cops on the street over the summer weekend, the police surge has done little to prevent the the gun fire. chicago mayor rahm emanuel was emotional. >> i got nothing to say to these people. i don't know where they find the strength to go on. put one foot in front of another. we're a better city than that. we have better people. >> reporter: last week attorney general eric holder announced seven agents would be assigned to the atf field office to assist police in an effort to stem tide of illegal firearms,. >> not all are eligible to buy a gun. many of them have felony convictions. many of them are ineligible. so they have to

>>possible developments in the murder investigation of shamiya adams - the little girl killed during a sleepover at a friend's home. tonya francisco is live at area north police headquarters on the northwest side. >> good morning. a source close to the family says police questioned two people they let one go but reportedly they are still speaking with the other. this development comes as the mayor made another visit to the family last night. the 11 year- old girl was killed friday night while attending a sleepover at a friend's house. it was a stray bullet meant for someone else came through the window here on the head while she was sitting on the floor. the mayor spoke briefly. >> it just tell them that they're in your thoughts and prayers and that the whole city is with them. >> we needed that. we did. the next step is to stop the violence. >> neighbors say the mayor's visit gave them hope. there is an $8,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest in the case. city officials say they are closer earlier in the week the superintendent said the detectives had good l

shamiya adams at a sleepover when a stray bullet came through the window. family and neighbors remembered her in several vigils to mourn and protest. and since friday shootings have claimed the lives of shamiya and three other people and injured 32 more. >>> r.j. reynolds promises to appeal after it was ordered to pay a florida widow more than $23 billion in punitive damages. cynthia robinson's husband was a long-time chain smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996. she argued the tobacco company did not do enough to warn the dangers of smoking. r.j. reynolds called the damages grossly excessive and impermissible. the fight will go on for r.j. reynolds and the family. >> do you think they're really going to have to pay $23 billion? >> no, not at all. >> really? >> part of the reason, punitive damages, which is what happened here with the $23 billion, they're really designed to defer, to take away bad behavior. compensatory damages are designed to pay people back. here it was $15 million to $26 billion. if it gets to the supreme court. they don't like it to be t

chicago now, where gun violence killed four and injured 32 others over the weekend. 11-year-old shamiya adams was at a sleepover when a stray bullet came through the window. her family and neighbors hosted vigils. the number of shootings falling, despite over july 4th when 14 died. >> in wisconsin, two freight trains collided sunday night injuring two people. 100 homes were evacuated. a total of 13 train cars derailed. ten of them carrying cargo of sand, lumber and other materials, but some 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel also spilled. hazmat teams put booms and a crate to contain the spill. >> four people killed in a crash of a single engine plane west of sedona. >> the crash apparently sparked a fire. which has burned 20 acres. rescuers have difficulty getting to the crash site because of the terrain and the thick smoke from the fire. no word on the victims or the flight details.jor fires are bu washington state has the most area on fire. and now the first fatality. a from the flames. abc's brandi hitt has latest fr rcr for nearly a week. out of contr at least -out assault from utern the air a

chicago police confirm they are questioning a possible suspect in the shooting death of 11- year-old shamiya adams. shamiya was hit by a stray bullet during a sleepover at a friend's house friday on the west side. her wake and funeral are scheduled for 10 a-m saturday in forest park and her family is seeking donations to help cover the cost of the services. richard daley won't have to testify about an alleged sweetheart deal for the park grill. under the former mayor's administration, the restaurant got a long-term lease for its location in millennium park. mayor emanuel is suing to make the restaurant pay more. yesterday, daley's lawyers convinced a judge that testifying would pose a medical hardship for daley. nine thousand people who got ticketed by chicago's red-light cameras, may be in line for refunds. a city council committee has ordered a review of whether those tickets were issued in error... and if there *were, whether faulty equipment or human tampering was to blame. in many cases, the video evidence from those tickets is no longer available. the f-a-a says it's once again safe for u.s.

kevin lee was attempting to retaliate against rival gang members following the fight. 11-year-old shamiya adams was playing nearby and was shot dead. >> shamiya was shot while she played at her friend's house at a sleepover. on tuesday he was arrested, 18-year-old kevin lee. >> police say the suspect fired about four or five gunshots, but the murder weapon has not been recovered. >>> today is day two in the racially charged trial of a detroit man charged with second-degree murder. theodore wafer who is white shot ranisha mcbride who was black after shebanged on the door last near. mcbride has been drinking. prosecutors say wafer should have kept the door shut and called 911 if he was scared. he claims his actions were in self-defense. the nypd is investigating video from a harlem station on july 14th. it shows them punching rondz johns and placing him in eye chokehold. a move against policy. they say he didn't pay the fare and resisted arrest. an investigation is under way into the death of a brooklyn man also put in an apparent chokehold during an arrest. >>> the milwaukee man who admitted he

shamiya adams was hit in the head by a stray bullet that went through a window. she was not the target. police say the shooting was revenge for a fight, several hours earlier. shamiya's body was pulled by a horse-drawn carriage, to her burial site in forest park. police in hammond, indiana are looking for two men who shot a woman and her two young daughters during an attempted robbery. it happened at late yesterday morning. hammond police say the mother from west suburban addison was sitting in her car with her 12 and 15 year-old daughters when two men approached the car and demanded money. one of the men fired several shots at their car as the woman tried to drive away. >> shot after shot. >> it was very sad. kids can play you always wonder. are they in harm's way when they got side? >>the mother was shot in her arm. her daughters were hit in their lower body area were airlifted to a hospital in chicago in critical condition. police say the woman may have been in hammond to buy a cell phone from someone she met on social media. they have not released a descriptio

. >> 11-year-old shamiya adams was one who was simply prerpting in a weekend trip. >> on ways to stopthe violence. >> it's about where the guns are coming from. where the law enforcement is. where our neighborhood and our communities are, where our parents are. where are our investments. >> some community activists were encouraged. >> the first thing that gave me hope was that they are all working together, that's unheard of, and they're all listening with the communities. >> police here in inglewood say, in recent years the violence has gotten out of control and they're not sure if more cops and stricter gun laws are really the answer. emanuel says are are the situation needs more jobs and education. it's also looking for ways to bring businesses to neighborhoods where there are hardly any. edwin williams says jobs might be a way to get some criminals off the streets. >> we're going to have to do other things, things like hustle and steal to take care of their families. >> it's been increasingly difficult to do in neighborhood like his, diane eastabrook, al jazeera. >> 20-year-old ag

. >> mccarthy also addressed the shooting death of 11-year-old shamiya adams. he said investigators have "very good leads" and the case is developing quickly. but no arrests have been made. hundreds of bikers and police officers gathered at a south side police station last night to remember an officer killed in a motorcycle crash sunday. they paid their respects to officer tito rodriguez at the 6th district police station at 78th and halsted. rodriguez had been on the police force just over a year. he was off-duty at the time of the accident. police say he was entering the dan ryan when he was cut off by another driver. that driver has been ticketed in the crash. city hall is getting some serious blowback, after a strange spike in tickets from chicago's red light cameras. faulty equipment and human tampering are being blamed, after certain cameras went on a ticketing spree in 2012... then abruptly stopped it. some city aldermen want the city's inspector general to conduct a full audit of the red light camera program. more than 13 thousand people could end up ge