4-Year-Old Shot And Killed By Another Child Who Found A Gun: Cops

Chicago IL

05 August, 2021

9:36 PM

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CHICAGO — A 4-year-old girl was shot and killed inside of an Englewood home by another child, Chicago police said. Officials responded to the scene on the 6400 block of South Carpenter Street at around 6 p.m. Thursday. Authorities said the girl, identified as Makaylah McKay, was accidentally shot in the chest by another child who found a gun inside the home. The young girl was taken to Comer Children's Hospital where she was pronounced dead. An adult man at the scene was taken in for questioning, police said. Please keep 4-year-old Makaylah McKay and her family in your prayers tonight. She was shot and killed in Englewood this evening. pic.twitter.com/BGAEpWOS14— Tom Ahern (@TomAhernCPD) August 6, 2021 At a prescheduled community event in West Garfield Park, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said the shooting was an accident by a visiting relative. "It was an accident," he said. "A visiting relative brought a gun to visit in in a bag, one of the young kids were playing with the guns and accidentally shot one of the kids," Brown said.