2-year-old boy dies after being shot in the face while inside West Pullman home: CPD

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Chicago police are investigating the shooting death of a toddler Tuesday night on the Far South Side.

A woman inside the home near 119th and LaSalle in West Pullman told officers she heard a loud noise and found the boy with a gunshot wound to the face at about 8:15 p.m. Paramedics took the child to Comer Children’s Hospital where he died.

Police found the gun and took the 32-year-old woman to the police station to discuss the shooting, which appears to be accidental.

The Medical Examiner has identified the child as 2-year-old Jamal Robindson.

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