Boy, 9, shot dead while playing outside at his grandma’s birthday party
A 9-year-old boy was fatally shot at his grandmother’s birthday celebration.
Ulysses Campos was ‘full of excitement as he was getting ready to celebrate his 10th birthday in 2 short weeks’ when he was shot in the chest on Saturday, wrote Karina Cazares in a GoFundMe page to cover his memorial services.
The boy was playing with other children outside during his grandma’s birthday gathering in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park when someone inside a moving vehicle fired four to six shots at the group, WLS reported on Monday.
Ulysses was rushed to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. He died shortly before 11pm from the gunshot wound to his chest, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
‘He was a kindhearted, loving kid, he loved playing video games with his cousins, he had a creative imagination, and was always full of excitement,’ states the GoFundMe page. ‘He is a beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, and cousin. He will be eternally missed.’
Ulysses’ uncle told WLS that his father had just purchased a PlayStation game console to give to him for his birthday.
Cops found a suspect vehicle in unincorporated Leyden Township and have detained a person of interest.
The shooting on the 2800 block of Elder Lane around 10.15pm was isolated and there is no public threat, cops said.
A car with bullet holes through the window was still parked outside a home near Elder and Grand avenues where Ulysses’ family gathered and brought balloons to a makeshift memorial on Sunday.
Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the shooting is urged to contact the Franklin Park Police Department.
The fundraiser had garnered more than $14,000 as of Monday evening.
‘A tree will be planted in Uly Bear’s honor as a representation of his life and memory living on,’ states the GoFundMe page.
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