Jai'mani Amir Rivera loved Spider-Man and video games, his family said Wednesday
Jai'mani Amir Rivera loved Spider-Man and video games, his family said WednesdayJai'mani Amir Rivera was killed in a Chicago shooting outside the Oakley Square Apartments on Jackson on the Near West Side. He's being remembered.The 7-year-old boy shot and killed on Chicago's Near West Side Tuesday afternoon is being described as a joy in his community.
CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling said officers responded to a call for shots fired at the Oakley Square Apartments, a gated complex, in the 2300-block of West Jackson Boulevard around 3 p.m. When they got there, they found the boy with a gunshot wound to the chest. "There has to be justice brought for Jai'mani. Whoever is holding their child, not making him held responsible, you killed a 7-year-old baby. You destroyed an entire family," said Saleshea Peterson, who is with gun violence prevention group Hug A Child Make A Change.
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