Overview
- Police say the 7-year-old was shot in the arm around 7:04 p.m. inside a second-floor apartment in the 3200 block of West Division Street.
- Responders applied a tourniquet before the child was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition with a left bicep wound, and he is expected to recover.
- Investigators recovered a firearm from a bedroom shelf and are working to determine how the 8-year-old accessed it.
- No one is in custody as the investigation continues, according to Chicago police.
- The Safe Gun Storage Act took effect the same day, requiring secured firearms, imposing fines up to $10,000, and shortening the deadline to report lost or stolen guns to 48 hours.