A 7-year-old boy was shot inside a Humboldt Park residence Thursday evening after another child found a firearm inside the home, Chicago police said.
The shooting occurred in the 3200 block of West Division Street at approximately 7:04 p.m. According to police and radio traffic, an 8-year-old boy located a gun inside a second-floor apartment. The child then discharged the weapon, striking the 7-year-old boy in the arm, according to CPD.
Cops applied a tourniquet to the child’s arm before the Chicago Fire Department transported him to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the left bicep.
Police recovered a firearm from a bedroom shelf in the apartment. No one was taken into custody.
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