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A 5-year-old boy has died five days after he was critically injured in a drive-by shooting on Chicago’s North Side.
Devin McGregor was pronounced dead Thursday night at Lurie Children’s Hospital, police said.
Devin’s mother
Devin’s mother was buckling him into a car seat in the Rogers Park neighborhood Sunday night when a car pulled up and someone in the car opened fire.
The drive-by shooting came just three days after the five-year-old started kindergarten. Police have not provided a motive in the shooting and no one has been arrested.
Devin was hit in the head and his father was shot in the hand and shoulder.
Police have not provided a motive in the shooting and no one has been arrested.
Devin’s death comes just three days after he started kindergarten.
“He was so excited, that’s all he talked about,” Tervalon Sargent, Devin’s grandfather, told the Chicago Tribune. ‘Every day he would say, ‘Man, Grandpa, the school is the best.’ ‘
Shooting
The shooting that led to Devin’s death was the latest in a wave of violence that has gripped Chicago this summer.
Four teenagers were injured Aug. 24 in a drive-by shooting outside an ice cream parlor near Carl Schurz High School on the city’s northwest side.
CBS News named Chicago, which has a murder rate of 18.26 per 100,000 people, the 28th deadliest city in the United States earlier this year.
Devin McGregor Quick and Facts
- Devin McGregor, 5, died after being shot in the head in Chicago’s North Side
- The kindergartener’s mom was buckling him into his car seat when the drive-by shooting happened
- Devin’s father was also shot in the hand and shoulder during the attack
