Jacari Brown News Today

A Chicago man is facing charges after an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself earlier this month in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

The boy, Jacari Brown, was with a cousin and looking for a TV remote when they found a gun under a mattress.

The boy, Jacari Brown, was with a cousin and looking for a TV remote earlier this month when they found a gun under a mattress that accidentally discharged, police said.

Jacari Brown was with his cousin, looking for a TV remote, when they found an unsecured gun under a mattress in the home, according to police reports.

Chicago's gun violence robbed them of a childhood free of tragedy — a cycle that has continued into adulthood.