A 2-year-old boy is combating for his life after Chicago police say he by accident shot himself within the face with a firearm on Monday afternoon. The tragedy marks no less than the fifth time this yr {that a} little one within the metropolis has both shot themselves or been unintentionally shot by one other little one.
Monday’s capturing occurred round 1 p.m. within the 300 block of East 87th Avenue in Chatham. With out offering many particulars, CPD stated a 2-year-old boy who sustained an unintended self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face was rushed to Comer Youngsters’s Hospital in essential situation. Police detained a “particular person of curiosity” on the scene.
In no less than 4 different instances this yr, prosecutors have charged adults whose firearms have been allegedly utilized in unintended shootings of youngsters.
Simply two weeks in the past, prosecutors charged 29-year-old Danya Bell after her 5-year-old brother allegedly shot himself to dying together with her gun. Officers stated Bell left her loaded firearm in her purse, tucked below toys in a toddler’s bed room, whereas she stepped into the bathe.
Moments later, 5-year-old Demeir Douglas discovered the weapon and fatally shot himself within the head. He died at Comer Youngsters’s Hospital.
A Prepare dinner County choose denied prosecutors’ request to maintain Bell detained and ordered her launched.
In March, prosecutors charged 25-year-old Kemonte Rice after his 13-year-old nephew, Tawon Tribble Jr., by accident killed himself whereas dealing with Rice’s gun.
On the time, Rice was on digital monitoring for a pending sexual assault and firearms case.
Prosecutors stated Rice instructed the boy to unload the gun and clear the bullets. When the weapon discharged, Rice allegedly fled the house whereas nonetheless sporting his ankle monitor, later hiding the gun below a mattress at his mom’s home. A choose ordered him detained.
That very same month, prosecutors charged 32-year-old Derrick Taylor after his 5-year-old son allegedly discovered a 9-millimeter handgun that Taylor had stashed behind a tv.
The boy fired the weapon, killing his 8-year-old brother, Josiah Hooker, inside their South Shore residence, prosecutors stated. Josiah was additionally taken to Comer, the place he was pronounced useless.
And in February, prosecutors accused 19-year-old Tyler Wright of inviting youngsters to his home whereas he was on digital monitoring for a pending gun case. They stated Wright gave the youngsters hashish earlier than the group started enjoying with firearms.
A 14-year-old boy allegedly pulled one of many triggers, killing 12-year-old Dalilah Batey. Each Wright and {the teenager} are dealing with prices.
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