CHICAGO (AP) – The grandson of Illinois U.S. Rep. Danny Davis was fatally shot during in a home invasion in Chicago, the Democratic congressman and police said.
Jovan Wilson, 15, died Friday night at the scene in the Englewood neighborhood on the city’s South Side, Officer Michelle Tannehill told the Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/2f9HroG ).
Davis said in a statement that a 17-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy forced their way into the home and after an argument the 15-year-old shot Wilson in the head. Davis said Wilson’s mother was not at home, but Wilson’s uncle and three siblings were.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the newspaper Saturday that it was not a random incident, and that Wilson and the two people being sought had a history.
Chicago has seen a dramatic rise in the number of shootings and homicides, with August being the deadliest month in the city in two decades. There have been more than 600 homicides this year, including the fatal shootings of the cousin of Chicago Bull Dwyane Wade, a Chicago police officer’s son and the son of a famed percussionist.