A 9-year-old boy was shot in the head in his backyard early Wednesday as he and his father went outside to bring in the family’s dog.
The 9-year-old boy and his father — identified by neighbors as Ivan Burns Jr. and Sr. — had finished watching TV and playing video games about 3:20 a.m. when they went into the yard of their home on the 0-100 block of East 100th Place to let the dog in for the night, police spokeswoman [...] said.
Gunshots rang out while they were outside, [...], and the boy was struck in the head. He was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn...
Nine-years-old and he's out at 0320 a.m. and he's out to "let the dog in..."? Shame on the shooter for one, but who the hell lets a nine-year-old out at anytime after 9 p.m?