A 13-year-old boy was ordered held on gun charges Monday, hours after Chicago police publicly accused him of carrying out a weekend shooting that wounded four children in Bronzeville.
In a news release Monday morning, police said the teen pulled a gun around 9:40 p.m. Saturday in the 4500 block of South Prairie Avenue and opened fire on the four other boys.
Responding officers later found the boys — an 11-year-old, two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old — suffering from gunshot wounds, police said. They were taken to hospitals in conditions ranging from good to fair. The suspected shooter was arrested about 20 minutes later in the 4600 block of South Calumet Avenue.
Police said he was charged with felony counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon and having a gun without a license.
But the Cook County state’s attorney’s office later said he wasn’t actually charged with the counts of aggravated battery tying him to the shooting. He was ordered held Monday on three counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, and his next court date was set for June 17, the state’s attorney’s office said.
A spokesperson for the office said prosecutors generally “can file additional charges that would be added to a case at a subsequent hearing.”
Police spokespeople didn’t immediately respond to questions.
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