A 10-year-old boy is dead and his mother critically wounded after a domestic violence attack in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, officials said.
Neighbors told NBC Chicago they heard screaming during the attackA 10-year-old boy is dead and a woman critically wounded after a domestic violence attack in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, officials said.Police said officers arrived at the Peterson Plaza apartments and found two victims inside a unit - a 10-year-old child with an injury to the chest and a 33-year-old woman who suffered multiple stab wounds to the body.
The pair were both taken to an area hospital, but the child did not survive. The woman was listed in critical condition. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyAccording to 40th Ward Ald. Andre Vasquez, police have identified a person of interest and were investigating the scene but a public description was not immediately made available.
Neighbors told NBC Chicago they heard screaming during the attack. One neighbor, who ultimately called 911, ran to the victims' apartment and opened a door before seeing a child on the ground and his mother bleeding from her neck. "I heard someone screaming for help then I just heard sirens so I was like, 'Hey they got it taken care of' ... to walk out and it's a homiocide...it's very sad," one neighbor said.
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