child shot

One man is dead, and a 7-year-old girl is injured after a shooting in Humboldt Park Sunday morning. Police said a man was driving with a child and at least two other adults in the 1300 block of N. Rockwell. Just after 3 a.m. Sunday, the victims heard shots being fired in that same block, according to Chicago police. The…

A father who police say fabricated a story of a robbery and home invasion after his 4-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the head in their North Philadelphia home faces involuntary manslaughter charges.

A 6-year-old boy was injured in a shooting Monday on Chicago’s Far South Side, police said. At approximately 5:15 p.m., the young boy and an adult male were walking in the area of 83rd Street and Exchange when they heard gunshots, and the boy felt pain. The young boy sustained a gunshot wound to the arm and was taken...