5-year-old Chicago Boy Shot to Death
A 5-year-old boy was shot and killed while he and his cousin were playing with a gun. The two boys were said to be getting ready for their first day of kindergarten when the gun went off, accidentally killing one of the boys.
Bruce Prince, the great-uncle of the 5-year-old boy, says that the two boys were best of friends and were most likely sharing the weapon when it went off Monday night. Jonathan Jackson was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he later was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the torso.
Police say that the boys were in their home in the Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's west Side when the shooting occurred. Police say the investigation into the shooting will continue on.
Posted by Shane Alan Andersen
