9-year-old boy fatally shot, 6-year-old child grazed in Skokie apartment shooting, police say

Officers responded to a 911 name of photographs fired at round 12:08 a.m. within the 4700 block of Predominant Road, police stated.

Residents stated they heard a number of rounds of bullets rattling by means of the neighborhood.

“I assumed it was firecrackers. All I heard was only a bunch of pops,” stated Joel Rolnick.
They discovered the youngsters shot inside an house constructing. A 9-year-old had been shot a number of instances and a 6-year-old suffered a graze wound, police stated.

The youngsters had been transported to an area hospital, the place the 9-year-old succumbed to his accidents, officers stated.

The circumstances surrounding the taking pictures are nonetheless beneath investigation.

Neighbor stated the realm is normally very quiet.

“Any lack of life is fairly unhappy,” stated Josh Gordon. “Nevertheless it’s fairly unusual for this space to have one thing like this unfold. Simply unlucky.”

“That is my common stroll. I feel it is horrible. You already know? It is very unhappy,” stated Edward Donlon.

Anybody with data relating to the incident are urged to name the Skokie Police Division at 847-982-5900.