11-year-old dead, mother critical in Edgewater
CHICAGO — An 11-year-old boy was killed and his pregnant mother was critically injured Wednesday morning in Edgewater.
According to police, officers were dispatched to the 5900 block of North Ravenswood at around 8 a.m.
Police said 11-year-old boy, later identified as Jaydone Perkins, sustained multiple stab wounds to his chest. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. The circumstances around his homicide are unclear at this time.
A 33-year-old woman sustained multiple stab wounds to the body. She was transported in critical condition to St. Francis.
According to neighbors, the woman is eight months pregnant and is the mother of the slain boy. She lived in the apartment with her fiancé’, Jaydone and a younger son.
“I’m devastated. I live on this compound. I have a two-year-old, 7-year-old and 11-year-old and I just can’t wrap my head around it. The summertime comes around, him and my daughter play in the yard together, well-mannered child. It’s going to be hard to break this news to my daughter that she lost a friend,” a neighbor said.
Chicago Public Schools released a statement Wednesday evening, saying, “With great sadness, we are devastated at the loss of another young life. The thoughts and condolences of the entire Chicago Public Schools (CPS) family are with all those impacted by this tragedy.”
One neighbor noted that they heard screaming in the morning.
“She was a loveable woman and her son was very well-mannered and he spoke to me all the time and I’m sorry for this tragedy,” a neighbor said.
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A person of interest was later taken into custody, CPD said in the afternoon.
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