3 Year-old Boy Shot and Killed Himself in North Suburban Waukegan
On Thursday, October 13th, 2016 at around 3 o'clock a.m, Jerome Banks, a 3 year old boy, was found in his home on the ground dead from a single gun shot wound to the head. Jerome woke early in the morning to go his parents bedroom. In the room he saw his fathers 9mm Semi O-Automatic Diamondback gun on the dresser and picked it up. He apparently walked into the living room while his parents were sleep and got shot some way due to the gun not being on the safety lock. The neighbors to his family heard the gun shot and immediately called 911 to their house, 1100 Greenfield.
Jerome was taken to the Vista East Medical Center where he was announced dead. The police took the parents to the station and asked them questions on how maybe did the situation occur, and why was there a gun in the house somewhere not safe. Charges were not pressed on the parents due them being respectful and following directions. But the police did find another gun in the Banks residence. Why wasn't the gun that belonged to Mr.Banks in a more secure place unreachable for children? How was the infant able to or accidentally get shot and die by a single bullet? What woke up the infant 3 am in the morning? Why did the Banks residence have a gun in the house, in the first place?
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