Chicago, Aug 7 (AP) An eight-year-old Chicago girl riding a scooter was fatally shot in the head by a man who was upset over noise, witnesses said.

"It just didn't make sense. None of it made sense,” a neighbour, Megan Kelley, told the Chicago Sun-Times. “Everybody in the community would just tell him they are just kids having fun playing. Just let them be.”

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The shooting happened Saturday night in Chicago's Portage Park neighbourhood.

Police were at the suspect's apartment building Sunday, interviewing people and collecting evidence.

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"Before he shot her, he had said something about them being too loud,” Kelley said.

After the shooting, the gunman was tackled by the girl's father and shot during a struggle, according to a police report. He was taken to a hospital.

Stuffed animals and sunflowers were placed at the base of a tree near the shooting scene.

“With great sadness, we are devastated at the loss of another young life," the Chicago school district said in a statement. (AP)

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