A boy is in critical condition after being shot in the front door of his family’s West Side Chicago home.
Authorities say 10-year-old Tavon Tanner was with his mother and aunt around 10:15 p.m. Monday outside their home in the 3900 block of West Polk in the city’s Garfield Park neighborhood when at least five gunshots rang out, and he was struck in the lower back.
The boy’s mother, Mellanie Washington, told NBC 5 she knew Chicago had a problem with gun violence, but she never thought a bullet would hit her child.
“All I saw was Tavon hit the floor,” Washington said.
He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, according to police.
On Tuesday morning Washington said her son was out of surgery and recovering after one bullet tore through his kidney, pancreas, intestines and spleen.
Doctors say he has a long road ahead, but the family is trying to stay strong for Tavon, who was set to be entering the fifth grade.
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No one is in custody as police continue to investigate the shooting.
