8-year-old boy shot in head, killed inside Douglas home; no charges will be filed, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police say no costs shall be filed after a toddler was shot and killed inside a South Facet dwelling on Monday evening.

Jaiden A. Hines, 8, lived on the identical block the place the taking pictures came about, in accordance with the Prepare dinner County Medical Examiner’s Workplace.

A police spokesperson stated the boy was by accident shot by a member of the family who was dealing with what was regarded as an unloaded gun when it discharged, hanging Hines.

The taking pictures occurred within the Douglas neighborhood’s 3600-block of South Rhodes Avenue at about 5:48 p.m., police stated. The 8-year-old boy was inside a house with different individuals when pictures had been fired.

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The kid, shot within the head, was transported to Comer Youngsters’s Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless simply earlier than 6:25 p.m., officers stated.

Group activist Andrew Holmes spoke with the kid’s mom and grandmother after they realized he had died.

“They’re completely distraught about dropping their liked one. They are saying he is a enjoyable little man and they are going to miss him, however I want his mom would have her son to get up within the morning and simply chuckle together with her son,” Holmes stated. “And the mom is cooperating, and the opposite folks that was there are cooperating, too. Like I say, it is a very close-knit household, very respectful.”

Practically 300 juveniles have been shot in Chicago this 12 months, 39 fatally.