Chicago dad dies trying to protect daughter from gunfire while driving her to school: report
Miller's family told the Sun-Times he shielded his daughter from gunfire
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A "loving" Chicago father has died after reportedly trying to protect his 7-year-old daughter from gunfire on Wednesday morning, according to police and local reports.
Travell Miller, 33, was sitting in his vehicle in traffic at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday with his daughter in the backseat when the unknown suspect approached Miller with a gun and fired into his car several times before fleeing, police said.
Miller was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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The father's family told the Sun-Times he shielded his daughter from gunfire when the suspect started shooting, possibly saving the 7-year-old's life.
"He was simply driving his daughter to school. He was talking to his mother [on the phone] as this guy runs up on the car," Miller’s father, Joseph Gilmore, told the Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday. "His mother hears her son say, ‘Dang man, what the f---.’ She hears commotion and then hears him say, ‘Mama, Mama, I’ve been shot.'"
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Gilmore added that Miller's daughter is "traumatized" after watching the tragic incident unfold.
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Donors have raised more than $20,000 for Miller's funeral expenses through GoFundMe.
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"[Miller] was a loving father of two beautiful daughters, a brother, a son and a beloved friend as well as an amazing bartender. He was loved by everyone who met him," the GoFundMe page reads. "Travell was a fun and joyful soul who was passionate about life and lived it to the fullest. He was a loving father that his first priority was always his two daughter[s], Norielle and Esther."
Area Three detectives are still searching for the suspect, who police describe as being between 18 and 20 years old and was last seen driving a two-door Pontiac Grand Prix with tinted windows and no license plates.
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Police are asking anyone with information about the incident or suspect to call Area Three Detective Leavitt and Detective Taglieri at 312-744-8261 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.COM.