Police said the boy was taken in critical condition after he was shot while sitting in a car visiting his mother saying goodbye to his father, who was also injured in the shooting. So far this year, 238 minors have been shot in Chicago, with 32 deaths. The little boy, Devin McGregor, was shot in the head in the 7600-block of North Paulina Avenue in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. SEE ALSO | ‘No respect for life’: 7-year-old boy among 3 injured in Englewood shooting, Chicago police say His grandfather, Tervalon Sargent, said the boy’s father, identified by Chicago police as 25, was hit in the arm and shoulder when someone in a black Hyundai opened fire shortly after 6 p.m. “They were saying goodbye. They were going home to get ready for school,” Sargent said. “They went to see his father and someone got up and started shooting.” The boy’s grandfather said the five-year-old was just three days into his first year at school and instead of preparing him for his first full week. The family is now praying and hoping that doctors can save his life. “All I want my little guy to do … is fight because we need him,” Sargent said. Sargent said his daughter drove the father and son to St. Francis before the boy was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital. “My daughter was literally getting out, looked in the mirror and saw my grandson trying to breathe or whatever, and she took them out of the seat and put them in the front with her,” he said. Now, instead of getting him ready for school, Sargent and his daughter prayed the child would make it through the night. “All these kids want to do is go to school and play and they can’t even do that. Then that’s messed up. They can’t even do that and it just happens. It just keeps happening. We have to do something We’ve got to do something. We’ve got to do something,” Sargent said. Chicago police said no one is in custody. So far, according to recent police reports, this is the 12th juvenile shooting in the city in the past week. Copyright © 2022 WLS-TV. All rights reserved.
