Sunday, April 15, 2012

Accidental Shooting Death Nine Months Later

A 17-year-old boy died Friday from a gunshot wound he suffered last summer when he accidentally shot himself in the face, according to authorities.

Rashawn Tucker, of the 1200 block of West 111th Place in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side, was pronounced dead at Weiss Memorial Hospital early Friday morning.

He was handling a gun near his home on July 23, 2011 when it discharged and he was shot, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said. The shooting did not appear intentional, he said.
This case illustrates the tremendous monetary and emotional cost that is associated with gun violence. While all those conventioneers are yucking it up in St. Louis, this is what's happening in the rest of the country, this and countless stories just like it.

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