A 21-year-old man accidentally shot a 1-year-old boy while changing his diaper in a South Shore apartment earlier this month, police say, after a gun he kept inside the child’s diaper bag became tangled and discharged, prosecutors say.
Chicago police initially responded to a report of a child shot in the 7700 block of South Yates shortly after 2 p.m. on November 8. Officers found the toddler with gunshot wounds to his left and right legs, and EMS took him to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, a CPD report said.
According to police, 21-year-old Torion Stokes first told officers that an unknown man tried to force his way into the apartment and opened fire, striking the child. After hearing conflicting accounts, investigators took Stokes in for questioning, recovering a 9mm handgun from his front left pocket as they took him into custody, according to charging documents…