Man Charged in Shooting That Paralyzed 3-Year-Old in Chicago on Father's Day

A 23-year-old man has been charged with shooting and paralyzing a 3-year-old boy in Chicago on Father's Day.

Desean Wynn, 23, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, felony aggravated discharge of a firearm and felony unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. 

Wynn was arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting, which happened around 6 p.m. Sunday in the 6100 block of South Kimbark on the city's South Side. 

A 3-year-old boy was sitting in a car when someone in another vehicle fired shots, striking him, according to police.

The child's father identified the boy as Devon Quinn, told NBC 5 that he was in the car with his son at the time, about to pick up the boy's mother from work. The father said Devon was hit in the shoulder, at which point he drove to the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital.

According to police, the boy was paralyzed in the shooting and listed in critical condition.

More than 50 other people were shot over Father's Day weekend in Chicago, 12 of them fatally. 

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