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(CHICAGO) — A 7-year-old boy was getting ready for bed when he was fatally shot in his own home in Chicago Wednesday night, according to authorities. The boy was in his bathroom washing his hands when, at about 8:22 p.m., a bullet went through the […]

CHICAGO—A 7-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet while washing his hands in the bathroom of his ...

(CHICAGO) -- A 7-year-old boy was getting ready for bed when he was fatally shot in his own home in Chicago Wednesday night, according to authorities. The boy w

A 7-year-old boy was fatally shot in his own home in Chicago Wednesday night.

A 7-year-old boy has died in Chicago after being shot by a stray bullet that traveled through the window of his home on Wednesday night, according to police.

The boy was in a bathroom washing his hands when he was hit in the abdomen around 8:20 p.m. in the 2600 block of West Potomac Avenue, Chicago police said.

The shootout erupted around 8:22 pm in Humboldt Park Wednesday, and saw at least one bullet come through the window of the childs home on  West Potomac Avenue.

The victim was washing his hands inside the home’s bathroom when a bullet came through the window, striking the child once in the stomach.

The 7-year-old was killed inside a Humboldt Park home, a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side.

Chicago police say a 7-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet while washing his hands in the bathroom of his family home