‘This could’ve been a tragedy.’ No one hurt when 10-year-old boy fires at Chicago cops during standoff at Beverly home

Chicago police collect evidence at a home in Beverly where a standoff between SWAT officers and an armed 10-year-old boy ended with the boy being taken into custody on Monday. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

No one was hurt when a 10-year-old boy fired a shot at Chicago police officers during a standoff Monday at a home in the Beverly neighborhood.

Officers responded about 11:20 a.m. after learning the boy had fired shots inside the home in the 9800 block of South Charles Street, police said in a statement, which noted he was experiencing “mental distress.”