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Chicago man charged with shooting 8-year-old boy in Brighton Park

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  February 23, 2022 9:37pm CST
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8-year-old Chicago boy wounded in drive-by shooting in Brighton Park

An 8-year-old boy was injured in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood on the South Side Friday.

CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with shooting an 8-year-old boy on Chicago's Southwest Side last week.

Ricco Carrasco, 29, has been charged with aggravated battery and discharge of a firearm.

According to Chicago police, Carrasco was identified as the suspect who fired into a vehicle in the 4000 block of South Brighton last Friday, striking an 8-year-old boy. 

A 50-year-old man and a 19-year-old man were also in the vehicle at the time, but were not injured.

Carrasco was arrested Tuesday and charged accordingly.

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