A man and teen were ordered held without bond Thursday in the shooting death of an 8-year-old Chicago girl, who was walking and holding her mother's hand when she was shot in the head by a gunman authorities say was targeting someone else. Melissa Ortega died Saturday following the midday shooting along a busy city street, which Cook County Circuit Court Judge Susana Ortiz said showed “an absolute disregard for human life.” Prosecutors say Xavier Guzman, 27, was driving a vehicle that stopped in the Little Village neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side on Saturday afternoon after a rival gang member leaving a store flashed gang signs.
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No bail for suspects in death of 8-year-old Chicago girl
