Teenager charged with murder of 7-year-old boy in Chicago

CHICAGO, United States (AP) — A teenager has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 7-year-old boy who was not the intended target, police said.

“This violence is inexcusable,” he said last Friday night. Larry SnellingChicago Police Commissioner.

“It’s unfortunate that a 7-year-old child, the son of a mother and father who are doing what they’re supposed to be doing, raising him, can’t even step onto the sidewalk without being hit by random gunfire,” Snelling said.

Jai’mani Amir Rivera He was killed on Tuesday, June 18, at around 3 p.m., in front of the apartment building where he lived, in the west of the city.

The minor was leaving his home when he was shot several times in the chest. Police took him in a patrol car to a hospital, where he was declared dead shortly following he was admitted.

Antoinette Ursittichief of detectives, said video shows shots fired 300 feet away from where Jai’mani was standing.

A day later on Wednesday, just over 100 people gathered near the crime scene, where they released balloons and mourned the eighth Chicagoan aged 15 or younger to die from gunshot wounds in 2024, the report said. Chicago Sun-Times.

“All I ask for is justice,” said Vanessa Rivera, Jai’mani’s aunt.

A person of interest is in custody for fatal shooting of 7-year-old Jai’Mani Rivera, according to Chicago police. His friends, classmates, and cousins marched along Jackson Blvd yelling his name. Family says Jai’Mani was so excited to start football this summer. @nbcchicago pic.twitter.com/WovkAxxuiX

— Vi Nguyen (@ViNguyen) June 21, 2024

The alleged murderer

According to CWBChicago“The 16-year-old accused of murdering 7-year-old Jai’mani Amir Rivera is identified in court records as Raysean Comer.”

“Almost three years ago, a person signed the name of Raysean Comer on a page in memory of Frank Looneya 16-year-old who had been killed on the West Side: ‘I remember when my dad Rayray brought his mopad scooter west, you tried to take our turn, it was fun and it lasted forever,’” he added. CWBChicago.

Just in: The 16-year-old accused of murdering 7-year-old Jai’mani Amir Rivera is identified in court records as Raysean Comer.

He is scheduled to appear for a detention hearing early this followingnoon.https://t.co/WG4Hk4D0tV

— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) June 22, 2024

Hearing on legal detention and indictment

ABC 7 in Chicago reported that Raysean Comer appeared in court Saturday followingnoon for his detention hearing.

At the hearing, Comer was charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Jai’mani.

The 16-year-old suspect, Raysean Comer, appeared in court court Saturday. He has been charged as an adult for first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jai’mani Amir Rivera earlier this week. https://t.co/aKhcMKnxGe

— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) June 22, 2024

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