9-Yr-Outdated Boy Fatally Shot Inside His Chicago Residence

CHICAGO (AP) — A nine-year-old boy has been fatally shot inside his residence on Chicago’s South Facet, police stated.

The boy died at Comer Youngsters’s Hospital after being shot a number of occasions Sunday evening, police stated.

The Prepare dinner County Medical Examiner’s Workplace recognized the boy as Jarvis Watts.

“It seems that he suffered from the gunshot wound whereas contained in the residence,” Chicago Police Commander Sean Joyce stated. “There are a number of kids and adults in the home. All the individuals who had been current on the time are at present being interviewed by our detectives.”

An prolonged household lives inside the house, Joyce stated.

It wasn’t clear what number of gunshot wounds the boy suffered or who fired the photographs, Joyce stated.

It additionally wasn’t clear whether or not the taking pictures was intentional or unintended, however police stated it wasn’t self-inflicted.

“It’s too early to inform about negligence concerned,” Joyce stated.

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