No bail for dad of 3-year-old killed in apparent accidental shooting
Bail was denied for the father accused of endangering a 3-year-old boy killed in an apparent accidental shooting Sunday on the Far South Side.
Ronald Davis, 29, who is charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and endangering the life of his son, Mikah Davis, was denied bail during a hearing Tuesday in front of Cook County Judge David Navarro, according to county records.
Mikah Davis’ family members told investigators they heard a gunshot ring out about 4:15 p.m. Sunday at the home in the 9600 block of South Escanaba Avenue, according to police.
The family members initially said they found Mikah shot in the face in another room with a gun near him. However, a bond proffer said Mikah was playing on the floor in the same room with the rest of his family. Prosecutors wrote in the bond proffer that Ronald Davis was in the bedroom with Mikah’s mother and their 10-month-old child when the incident happened.
Davis and Mikah’s mother said they weren’t paying attention to the little boy when they heard a loud noise from the floor shortly after getting into bed, according to the proffer. They saw Mikah bleeding from the face and called 911.
They both said they assumed the child shot himself but didn’t see the shooting happen nor did they see a gun near him on the floor, the proffer said.
The proffer said Mikah’s parents were uncooperative with investigators. Police searched their house and found the gun wrapped in a T-shirt in a toolbox on the porch.
The gun didn’t discharge its cartridge case, signaling that the trigger wasn’t pulled with enough force, the proffer said. This is consistent with Mikah’s parents’ explanation that the boy shot himself, the proffer said, but police don’t know how the gun ended up in the toolbox.
2 skydivers ‘OK’ after colliding midair
Two skydivers are “OK” after they collided midair Tuesday and one of them was knocked unconscious in rural Ottawa.
The Ottawa Fire Department responded about 11:05 a.m. to a call of a midair collision of skydivers at Skydive Chicago in the 3000 block of East 1969th Road, the fire department said in a statement.
A spokesperson for Skydive Chicago said one of the two licensed skydivers was knocked unconscious in the collision. The person’s “automatic activation device” deployed the parachute, and the person landed safely, according to the spokesperson, who said the skydivers were both “OK.”
Woman shot outside Englewood home
A 38-year-old woman was wounded Tuesday when she was shot in Englewood on the South Side. She was in front of a home about 3 p.m. in the 5500 block of South Wolcott Avenue when someone came up and opened fire, Chicago police said. She was struck in the knee and ankle, and her condition was stabilized, police said.