A Chicago man has been arrested in connection to a Thursday shooting that killed an 8-year-old boy and injured another child on the city’s South Side.
Derrick Taylor, 32, was charged with child endangerment and possession of a weapon as a felon.
The shooting took place in the 1400 block of East 71st Place in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.
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An 8-year-old boy, later identified as Josiah Hooker, was struck on the left side of his head. He died at Comer Children’s Hospital.
A 5-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet and had a non-life-threatening head injury.
Authorities did not disclose the circumstances leading up to the shooting.
