A 7-year-old boy shot while inside his Humboldt Park home Wednesday night has died, Chicago police said.
According to police, the shooting occurred in the 2600 block of West Potomac Avenue at approximately 8:22 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers responded to a shots-fired call and found a 7-year-old boy that had been shot in the abdomen.
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Police say the child was in the washroom of a home when a bullet went through a window and struck him.
The child was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. He was undergoing surgery as of 10:50 p.m
At about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, police said he had died.
Police said they do not believe anyone inside the residence was an intended target of the shooting.
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“It’s tragic. Any person that’s shot in the city is tragic. When it’s a young child like this, an innocent child, allegedly under the safety of their own home, it’s direly tragic, something that we take seriously,” Detective Chief Ron Pontecore said. “We’re going to deploy a lot of resources to the area to try and get to the bottom of this and find out who is responsible for this.”
Police said they are reviewing private video of the incident and are asking anyone else with video or information to contact them at 312-746-6554.
No one is currently in custody. An investigation by Area Five detectives is ongoing.
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