5-year-old boy fatally shot near 45th and Concordia in Milwaukee
Updated: 5:20 p.m. June 19, 2019
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee Police have confirmed one person is in custody in connection with the death of a 5-year-old boy who allegedly shot himself Tuesday.
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Posted: 1:13 p.m. June 18, 2019
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office says it is responding to the death of a 5-year-old boy.
Authorities say the boy was shot. The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating the incident.
A 5 y/o died in a shooting near 45th and Concordia. There’s a large police presence in the area. .@mkemedexamine called to the scene, autopsy schedule for tomorrow. @CBS58pic.twitter.com/PbLYZHvEgI
— Jacquelyn Abad (@JacquelynAbadTV) June 18, 2019
Chaplains were also on scene consoling the family. According to one of the chaplains, the mother was sleeping, heard a pop and found her son shot.
"Please, please lock those guns up, go and get a lock, put it somewhere locked up so that these children cannot get ahold of these guns," said Malcolm Hunt, chaplain.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.
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