A 5-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a Calumet City home on Thursday night.
Around 9 a.m., Calumet City police responded to a report of a child shot in the 200 block of Paxton Avenue.
Officers arrived and discovered a 5-year-old boy with a gunshot wound and began performing life-saving measures.
The child was taken to a local trauma center and later pronounced dead.
Kentrell Pouncey of Calumet City was identified as the boy by the Cook County Medical Examiner.
According to investigators, the gun was discharged within the home. Detectives are still looking into this incident.
“Regardless of the circumstances surrounding this tragic death, our hearts are broken as this family mourns the loss of this young child. I’d like to send my heartfelt condolences to the family.
There is no sorrow on Earth that heaven cannot heal “Mayor Thaddeus Jones of Calumet City stated.
At 10:30 a.m. Friday, Calumet City Police Chief Kevin Kolosh will hold a press conference.
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