The car owner pulled out a handgun and fired shots at the 13-year-old. The boy was shot in the leg and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital.
An evidence technician works the scene where police said a 13-year-old boy was shot in the leg while breaking into a Kia near the 3700 block of South Langley Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 11, 2022.
A boy was shot in Bronzeville on Sunday afternoon after allegedly attempting to steal a car, police said. At approximately 2:35 p.m., a 13-year-old boy broke into a Kia and was confronted by the car’s 26-year-old owner, according to a Chicago Police Department notification.The car owner pulled out a handgun and fired shots at the 13-year-old, police said. The boy was shot in the leg and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital.
An evidence technician takes a photo of a gun at the scene where police said a 13-year-old boy was shot in the leg while breaking into a Kia near the 3700 block of South Langley Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 11, 2022.Advertisement