13-year-old boy dies after car owner shoots during attempted robbery, police say
A woman with a concealed carry permit shot the Chicago teen when a group of males allegedly tried to break into her car
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 13-year-old boy is dead after he and a group of others allegedly tried to break into a parked car, only for the owner to show up in time for a fatal confrontation, police said, according to local Fox32.
Law enforcement officials said that the boy, Dion Young, was one of "four to five" males who were trying to break into a car parked in Woodlawn, on the South Side of Chicago. Then the car's owner, a woman in her 30s with a concealed carry license, arrived.
According to police, when the woman confronted the group, one of the males displayed a gun. That led to her pulling out a weapon of her own and pulling the trigger.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Young suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, police said. He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital and died Tuesday afternoon.
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Police said the other males had fled the scene, and that investigators did not recover any weapons.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Detectives are continuing to investigate the situation, police said.
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Violent crime has been an ongoing problem in Chicago, to the point that businesses have been moving out of the city
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}At the same time, Chicago police statistics reported by the Chicago Sun-Times this week said the number of shootings in the city was down 20% this year, with homicides down 16%.