A 13-year-old boy was fatally shot in a Northwest Side apartment Wednesday night and Chicago police arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the shooting, which the Cook County state’s attorney’s office believes to be accidental, authorities said.
The 13-year-old had been inside an apartment in the 5200 block of West Byron Street in Portage Park around 8:40 p.m. when a relative allegedly accidentally shot him in the chest, according to Chicago police.
The boy was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:29 p.m.
He was identified as Isaac Jordan, of the same block where he was shot, according to information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Chicago police said they recovered a weapon and arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the shooting. As of Thursday morning, he had been charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon with no firearm owner’s identification card. A police spokeswoman said no additional information was available.
A source said the shooting appeared to be domestic-related, suggesting the 13-year-old and the 17-year-old were relatives. The police spokeswoman would not comment on the nature of the relationship.
The law enforcement source also said the Cook County state’s attorney’s office declined to pursue more serious charges because “they found the (shooting) to be accidental.”
It wasn’t immediately clear whether there was anyone else in the apartment at the time of the shooting.
The teenager’s fatal shooting happened a little more than 24 hours after a 4-year-old girl was wounded during an unrelated shooting in the 600 block of West 61st Street Tuesday afternoon.
The toddler had been sitting outside a home in Englewood when someone fired shots, striking her in the arm. Someone drove her to St. Bernard Hospital and she was transferred to Stroger Hospital. She had been listed in good condition, officials said. No arrests had been made in that shooting.
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