A 14-year-old boy died this afternoon after apparently being shot in the chest by his 15-year-old brother in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
The victim was pronounced dead at 4:25 p.m. at University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.
Preliminary reports indicated that the older brother was showing the gun to his younger brother when it accidently discharged, according to a police source.
Police recovered the gun and the older brother is being questioned.
Paramedics responded at 3:35 p.m. to the 7000 block of South Yale Avenue. The boy was initially taken in serious condition to University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital where he later died.
Police said they were questioning the boy's 15-year-old brother.
As of 4:45 p.m., police had recovered a weapon that apparently been thrown out of a window of a building at 7036 S. Yale Ave.
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