Crime & Safety

Man Charged With Shooting 12-Year-Old Cousin On Chicago's South Side

According to court documents, other family members were in the apartment at the time of the shooting, including other children.

(Todd Feurer/CBS Chicago)

August 13, 2024

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man has been charged with shooting his 12-year-old cousin last week in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

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Deandre Warren, 18, has been charged with one count of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery.

Police said the 12-year-old boy was inside a home in the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard shortly after 10 p.m. on Aug. 5, when Warren pulled out a handgun and shot the boy in the chest, abdomen, and right arm.

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