13-year-old boy shot, killed inside Chicago home identified as Tawon Tribble
Chicago police are questioning a person of interest in the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy inside a home in the Englewood neighborhood.
Police dispatch reports indicate it was a chaotic scene for police to try and process.
A pastor said the boy's parents are beyond devastated, still trying to piece together how it happened.
Police rushed to a home on 65th Place near Normal Boulevard just before 7 p.m. Monday, and found 13-year-old Tawon Tribble had been shot in the chest.
Responding officers passed along witness accounts over police radio.
"It sounds like he was shot in the back room of this location. Witnesses in here say that they saw another individual run out of the room after they heard the gunshot," an officer said.
Tawon was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Pastor Donovan Price met with his parents at the hospital shortly after the shooting.
"When you get that call as a mom, it's devastating," he said. "The child was shot in the house, and someone was taken for questioning afterwards."
The shooting comes just days after an 8-year-old boy died and his 5-year-old brother was left wounded in a shooting in the Grand Crossing neighborhood. Police said their dad had left a loaded handgun on the TV stand while he slept. He faces child endangerment charges.
In early February, a 12-year-old girl died after an accidental shooting inside a Calumet Heights home.
"If gun safety is an issue, or gun locks are an issue, we want to try and get that out in the community, get those things started," Price said.
Price said he plans to start a number of gun safety education events.
Meantime, Area 1 detectives were questioning a person of interest in Tawon's shooting, but no charges have been filed as of Tuesday afternoon.
