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Woman In Chicago Gunned Down By Her Three-Year-Old Son

Africa's Diaspora Communities March 15, 2022



A young woman, namely Dejah Bennet (22), has been gunned down by her three-year-old son, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, reported some media on March 14, 2022. The fatal incident reportedly took place by mistake inside a car in a supermarket car park in the city’s urban quarter of Dolton on March 12, 2022.


According to the reports, the three-year-old child who was in a child car seat at the back of the car managed to get hold of a loaded revolver and begun playing with it. While doing that he accidentally pulled the trigger and delivered a shot in the back of the neck of his mother who was seated at the front of the car. She died a short while later in hospital from the gunshot wound.


The revolver is owned by the father of the child, who was also seated at the front of the car at the time of the incident. He has been arrested, said the reports. _____________________________ © 2015 - 2022 Africauptodate. All Rights Reserved

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