CHICAGO (CBS) — A 7-year-old boy was in the hospital He is recovering Wednesday after being shot at his grandmother’s home earlier this week — and his family is asking for prayers.
A wake for the boy, Zayden Garrett, was held Wednesday at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. His family asks for prayers.
Chicago police said Monday evening that Zayden and a 27-year-old man were at the home, in the 11600 block of South Yale Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood, when two people in a white Audi sedan fired shots at the house from the street. .
Outside the home, the 27-year-old man was shot in the chest and arm. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.
Zayden was standing in the dining room when he was struck in the back by gunfire and suffered an abrasion to his head. He was taken to Comer. At the time, his family was preparing for an evening of pizza and movies.
Since being hospitalized, Zayden has undergone surgeries – one to remove part of one of his lungs, and another on Wednesday when they tried to remove the bullet.
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Those present say they just want him home.
“He’s seven years old. Whoever you are, please turn yourself in,” said Zayden’s grandmother, Rosie Liggins. ‘You could tell someone else. I don’t care. Turn yourself in. He didn’t deserve this.’
Zayden’s twin brother, also 7 years old, attended the wake. He said he just wants his brother to come home.
The family is calling on anyone with information to come forward.
