Chicago teen left blind in one eye as group terrorized city in Halloween paintball attacks: ‘It was malicious’

A Chicago teen was near unsighted successful 1 oculus erstwhile a group of miscreants allegedly drove down her thoroughfare and targeted their victims pinch a “high-pressured” paintball weapon during a random Halloween attack.

Vicky Murillo, 19, and her friend were followed by a unusual car arsenic they walked done nan Clearing West organization erstwhile nan conveyance made a U-turn and drove backmost to nan teens, according to WLS.

The unit of paintballers allegedly stuck phones retired of nan car earlier they changeable a barrage of paintballs astatine nan young women, striking them aggregate times.

“They were some connected nan floor, crying and screaming, their basking cocoa adjacent to them connected nan floor,” Vicky’s older brother, Adrean, told nan outlet.

Murillo and her friend were severely wounded and near bleeding connected nan crushed earlier paramedics rushed them to a section hospital.

She was admitted to nan emergency room, arsenic 1 of nan shots struck her look and ruptured her oculus globe, Adrean said connected a GoFundMe group up for his sister.

Murillo underwent emergency room connected her eye, but she has yet to regain imagination and near doctors skeptical astir whether it whitethorn return.

“Unfortunately, it’s very unlikely, and if there’s immoderate imagination restored to that eye, it’s going to beryllium highly blurry,” Adrean told ABC Chicago.

The teen has respective surgeries scheduled for her injuries, including 1 Friday, but nan family has to “wait-and-see” connected nan outcomes and are remaining “as optimistic arsenic we could.”

Murillo says he is disappointment pinch nan senseless crime successful his vicinity arsenic immoderate of his neighbors came guardant and revealed they were besides changeable by paintballs connected Halloween.

“That was crazy to me, because they were wearing pink, fluffy things. I don’t cognize who would target young women for illustration that,” he said.

The random shooting took spot successful nan Clearing West community, astir 2 miles westbound of Chicago Midway Airport.

Murillo’s family was told that 2 different group were progressive successful akin incidents astir nan metropolis connected nan aforesaid night.

Video shared online captured nan equipped hooligans terrorizing nan streets of respective Chicagoland neighborhoods pinch astatine slightest 1 personification leaning retired nan model and firing aggregate paintball rounds astatine their unsuspecting victims.

One clip displayed nan chartless shooter drilling respective shots astatine a personification waiting astatine a autobus stop, arsenic nan unfortunate attempted to evade nan high-powered round, according to nan video obtained by CBS Chicago.

The mounting grounds from nan videos and nan akin descriptions of nan car reported by nan neighbors has led Adrean to judge location was malice intent successful nan attacks that near his sister hospitalized.

“It was malicious. They knew what they were doing,” nan protective relative told nan outlet. “I mean, they went retired that time specifically for that reason.

“It’s nan aforesaid car aforesaid color, aforesaid everything,” he added. “That intends this individual has been successful this area for immoderate clip now.”

Adrean says he has been moving pinch detectives to find nan shooter suspected to beryllium responsible for blinding his sister, pinch nan dream of dense charges being brought against nan suspect.

“We want it charged arsenic precocious arsenic we tin get it, because if not, it’s going to beryllium a slap connected nan wrist,” Murillo said.