Police were questioning a person Thursday night in connection to the shooting of a 6-year-old boy in the Gage Park neighborhood Wednesday, officials told NBC Chicago.
Brian Fernandez was shot in the shoulder about 5:40 p.m. near 56th and Mozart, Chicago Police said.
The Chicago Tribune reports that officials were also seeking a second suspect in connection with the shooting.
The boy's tutor, Blanca Sirilo, told NBC 5 that the boy was inside the car with his older brothers when the shots rang out. The bullet hit him in the front of his shoulder and exited through his back.
"All I saw was the car shot, and then they told me that they had hit one of the boys," Sirilo said. "He's still in intensive care, the doctors told us he is stable but he still needs to remain in intensive care for children."
Fernandez was on his way to a tutoring session with Sirilo when the shooting occurred. He was in the back seat with his 7-year-old brother, and his 19-year-old brother was driving. Police say the driver got into an argument with someone, which sparked the shooting.
