Crime & Safety
Boy, 8, Accidentally Shot And Wounded On Chicago's Southwest Side
Despite having the bullet hit him in the chest, the boy left the scene alert, according to neighbors.
October 11, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) -- An 8-year-old boy was accidentally shot and wounded in a home in the Southwest Side's Ashburn neighborhood Thursday evening.
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At 5:50 p.m., the boy was inside a residence in the 3800 block of West 87th Street, near Hamlin Avenue, when he was shot once in the chest by someone he knows, police said. Police said the child was shot accidentally, and a radio dispatch report identified the child as the shooter's nephew.
The dispatch report indicated that the uncle made the call to police himself.
