Boy, 13, killed in shooting inside Englewood home ID'd; pastor calls death 'unfortunate accident'

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Authorities have released the identity of a 13-year-old boy killed in a shooting in an Englewood home Monday night.

The shooting took place at about 6:43 p.m. in the 500-block of West 65th Place.

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Police said a 13-year-old boy was inside the home when someone discharged a gun, striking him in the chest.

The boy was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The boy has been identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Tawon Tribble.

Emotions were running high outside the hospital, as the boy's family grapples with grief.

Pastor Donovan Price spent the evening praying with his family.

"Our children, we owe them more than this, and we just wish that these families would have to stop grieving. And these moms would have to stop crying, and so many people affected. And it's just another death of a child, just sad, very sad," Price said.

The family told Price that they dearly loved the boy, who did not deserve this fate.

Price called the shooting "another unfortunate accident."

"Unfortunate incident that we've had a rash of these, it's sad," he said.

Area detectives are questioning a person of interest as the investigation continues. Whether an arrest has been made is not yet clear.

Police did not immediately provide further information about what led up to the shooting.

Community members are making urgent calls to parents to make sure guns are kept out of the hands of children, even offering free safety tools every day of the week.

"We are failing to protect our children, and adults have to be held responsible," Father Michael Pfleger said. "Just like as a little child, your mother warns a child: Stay away from the stove; you can burn yourself. We have to warn them that this can harm them and can kill them, that these are not toys."

Monday night's shooting came just days after an 8-year-old was fatally shot in Grand Crossing.

Investigators say three boys started fighting in a house when one grabbed a gun. The weapon went off, killing the 8-year-old and injuring a 5-year-old.

"We give away free gun locks here all the time. Why are people not having guns locked up, kept out of the reach of children? These are the most preventable crimes in the world," Pfleger said.

Pfleger said St. Sabina Church, located at 1210 W. 78th Place in Auburn Gresham, gives away free gun locks every day. He said a child's future is too precious to lose to a weapon.

"Your life is too valuable. You have all this future ahead of you," Pfleger said.

Father Pfleger wants to remind everyone that St. Sabina Church allows guns to be dropped off Monday through Friday, and offers cash when they're turned in.

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