Portage Park girl shot and killed, neighbor charged with first-degree…

A man who police say shot and killed a 9-year-old girl in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood before being shot himself as her father tackled him following the shooting will appear in court Tuesday for the first time.

Michael Goodman, 43, faces a charge of first-degree murder for the shooting death of 9-year-old Serabi Medina, who was killed on Saturday night, police said. He is expected to appear in bond court Tuesday.

The shooting happened at around 9:20 p.m. in the 3500 block of North Long Avenue.

A neighbor, who wished to remain anonymous for safety concerns, told NBC Chicago he saw the girl riding her scooter moments before she was killed.

Witnesses said Goodman reportedly shot the young girl in the head because he was upset over noise.

“It just didn’t make sense. None of it made sense,” a neighbor, 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…