A 7-year-old killed on a Chicago sidewalk: Michelle Baik's report for NBC Chicago

The station's short report on the stabbing, in which police say a woman was taken into custody, reached far more people than its news clips usually do.

Channel: NBC ChicagoStory of October 5, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 328,589 views a day, 119 times a normal first day on this channel (2,771).

Girl, 7, stabbed to death on Chicago sidewalk in broad daylight

A 7-year-old girl was stabbed to death on a Chicago sidewalk in broad daylight, and a woman is now in custody, police said. NBC Chicago's report on the killing, presented by Michelle Baik, has drawn more than 350,000 views since it was posted. A first day like that is far outside the station's routine: its short clips usually reach a few thousand people in their first 24 hours.

The comment section moved even further from the usual. A typical short from the channel draws a handful of comments on its first day; this one drew a couple of thousand. Many are condolences for the girl's family. Others ask who could harm a child, and a long thread of replies objects to the word "alleged" in the coverage.

The station followed with a longer version of the report the next day. The same weekend, it covered a gathering on the city's Near West Side where families of Chicago-area homicide victims came together to remember the people they lost.

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The numbers

The figures below show how far this report reached beyond the station's usual audience for a short news clip.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,771

this video

328,589

subscribers

453,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

292,459,650

views per day

148,107

typical day: 336,441

the video

views

351,911

likes

2,791

comments

2,704

days online

2

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

FOX 32 Chicago

485,000

KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA

476,000

FOX 35 Orlando

474,000

NBC Chicago

453,000

FOX 29 Philadelphia

428,000

CBS Philadelphia

425,000

As of October 5, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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