Joliet mom, 4-year-old son shot multiple times, beaten: court documents
Disturbing details of the deadly shooting of a Joliet mother and her 4-year-old son were revealed in court documents as the accused shooter was denied pre-trial release.
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Disturbing details of the deadly shooting of a Joliet mother and her 4-year-old son were revealed in court documents as the accused shooter was denied pre-trial release.
Chicago police said the shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Yates Boulevard.
Police said the young child was shot in the right leg and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.
Police said the girl was taken to Stroger Hospital after she was shot in the leg Tuesday evening.
A boy was killed in a Chicago shooting on the city's South Side Wednesday morning, police said.
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The Gary Police Department did not say what happened before the shooting or if it was accidental.
A 6-year-old was shot on the Bishop Ford Freeway on Chicago's South Side on Monday night.
A family member told CBS News Chicago that a 6-year-old boy was shot in the leg and taken to Comer Children's Hospital. Police have yet to confirm the incident.
Danya Bell, 29, was charged with one felony count of causing child endangerment and death.
Chicago police said the child was inside the apartment when he suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
Police were called to the apartment complex after the boy suffered a gunshot wound to the head inside an apartment.
The boy, approximately 11 years old, was on the sidewalk in the 7100 block of South Union Avenue when he was struck in the arm by unknown gunfire.
Willow James was riding home from school with her dad and cousin when gunshots rang out near 158th and Paulina streets.
Willow James was shot in the head while riding in a car in the south Chicago suburb of Harvey last week.
Willow James was shot in the head while riding in a car Harvey last week.
Joliet police said a 5-year-old was critically when an 8-year-old relative got ahold of a gun in a home overnight.
The child was traveling in a minivan driven by a 23-year-old man in the 3100 block of South Ashland Avenue Wednesday evening.
At 7:10 p.m., the little boy was traveling in a minivan in the 3100 block of South Ashland Avenue when someone fired shots.
At 7:10 p.m., the little boy was traveling in a minivan being driven by a 23-year-old man in the 3100 block of South Ashland Avenue — near the diagonal Archer Avenue, police said. Another vehicle pulled up in the back, and someone inside fired shots at the minivan, police said. The 4-year-old boy was struck in the back.
The older boy suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital, where he died.
Sources said the child was taken to the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital in serious-to-critical condition.
Tyler Wright, 19, was charged with one felony count of causing child endangerment involving death.
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