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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

9-year-old boy pointed gun at his head, accidentally killed himself in Washington Heights home, witness told police

Balloons were released Tuesday outside the Princeton Park home where 9-year-old Jarvis Watts was shot and killed Sunday evening. (ABC7 Chicago)

A witness told investigators a 9-year-old boy pointed a gun at his head and accidentally shot himself inside a crowded Washington Heights home on New Year’s Day, according to a police report.

The account of the shooting came from another child who told investigators that Jarvis Watts was playing with the gun when it went off Sunday evening inside a bedroom at the home in the 9400 block of South Wallace Street, the report states. 

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