Gunfire in Chicago Alley Kills Boy Who Was Washing His Hands
CHICAGO—A 7-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet while washing his hands in the bathroom of his family’s Chicago home on Wednesday night, police said.
Police said the shooting happened in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the city’s West Side. The boy was apparently getting ready for bed when someone fired multiple shots in a nearby alley and a stray bullet struck the child in the abdomen, Deputy Police Chief Ron Pontecore said.
The boy was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died, police said. He was later identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Akeem Briscoe….