Man Charged with Accidental Shooting Death in Hyde Park

A man has been charged with accidentally shooting another man to death Friday night in a Hyde Park neighborhood apartment on the South Side.

Paris D. Walker-Rush, 25, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, according to Chicago Police.

At about 9 p.m., officers found 24-year-old David Kennedy unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head inside an apartment in the 5200 block of South Cornell, police said.

Kennedy, of the 3700 block of South Wood, was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:45 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A police source said the men were playing with the gun, and it appears the shooting may have been accidental.

Walker-Rush, who lives on the same block where the shooting occurred, was arrested without incident at the scene immediately following the shooting, according to police.

He is scheduled to appear in bond court Saturday.