Gunmen fire into house, killing 2 women and critically injuring 3 children [Video]

By A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune (TNS)

CHICAGO — Michael Lemon woke up in his home early on the July 4 holiday to the sound of what he thought were firecrackers. Instead, he found his mother, brother and cousins bloodied and bullet holes in the front windows.

“Ran out my room, seen my little brother bleeding. I just seen bloodshed. Once I saw blood, I didn’t know what to do,” he said. “Took an innocent woman’s life, took two innocent women’s lives. … Chicago ain’t got no remorse.”

Three children in the Grand Crossing home were critically injured and two women were killed when gunmen got out of cars in the 7100 block of South Woodlawn Avenue and sprayed the house with bullets, Chicago police said.

Officers responded to calls and a technology alert of shots fired in at around 6:15 a.m., CPD …