HARVEY, Ill. (WLS) -- An 11-year-old girl is in the hospital, after she was shot while on her way home from school in Harvey, her family said.

The family and community leaders are begging for answers.

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch

She's being treated at Shirley Ryan Hospital.

Loved ones said it is a difficult battle ahead for Willow James.

Family said it happened last Wednesday in Harvey, when she was in the car with her father and cousin.

That's when they say bullets came flying through the vehicle, as they were driving home from school.

Harvey police said the girl suffered a graze wound to her head.

Her father rushed her to the hospital himself, where emergency surgeries immediately started, the family said.

She's now suffering from a wide range of sid

See Full Page