Chicago Officials, CPD Give Update on 4-Year-Old Boy Killed Labor Day Weekend

The afternoon press conference can be viewed in the player above. Chicago officials are expected to give an update Saturday afternoon on a 4-year-old boy who was shot in the head and killed while sleeping inside a home in Woodlawn Labor Day weekend. Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown and Mayor Lori Lightfoot are scheduled to hold a press conference at 3 p.m. Saturday to give additional details on the case. The shooting was reported before 9 p.m. on Sept. 4 in the 6500 block of South Ellis. Bullets were fired outside a residence and then went through a window, striking the boy in the head two times. The child, identified as Mychal Moultry Jr., was rushed to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesman. A woman, 34 years old, was also injured in the incident, but authorities stated she wasn’t shot. She was listed in fair-to-serious condition at an area hospital. Community activists, a non-profit and church have teamed up to offer a $9,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the shooting.

Yol, Haberleri, Trafik