Boy, 1, shot on Lake Shore Drive out of coma

The 1-year-old boy who was shot on Lake Shore Drive Tuesday morning continues to improve and is out of a medically induced coma, his doctor announced Saturday.

Kayden Swann, 21 months old, still remains on a ventilator to help him with his breathing and other “critical therapies,” according to a statement from Lurie Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Marcelo Malakooti.

Though he is out of the coma and “continues to demonstrate positive improvements,” Kayden is still in critical condition in the pediatric intensive care unit, according to Malakooti.

Kaydenwaswithhisgrandmother and her boyfriend, Jushawn Brown, 43, Tuesday about 11 a.m. when a speeding SUV almost hit them on Lake Shore Drive near Soldier Field.

Brown pulled over toward a wall and started yelling at the SUV, and soon he was in an argument with the other driver, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday, during Brown’s hearing on a gun possession charge.

The SUV driver pulled out a gun and asked Brown “what he wanted to do about it,” while dangling the weapon, prosecutors said. At that point, Brown grabbed his own gun and placed it in his lap, prosecutors said.

Brown kept driving, but the SUV was close behind and its driver fired several shots near Roosevelt Road, hitting the car multiple times, prosecutors said.

One bullet came through a window and struck Kayden in the head.

After an earlier police news release said Brown fired shots at the SUV, a later release omitted that information and police said that was still under investigation.

Brown lost control of his car and crashed, prosecutors said, and Brown took his gun and left the car. A nearby good Samaritan drove the three to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Kayden was then transferred to Lurie Children’s Hospital.

Police arrived at the hospital and learned that Brown was armed, then approached him and asked if he was carrying anything he shouldn’t have, prosecutors said.

Brown said he had his “protection” on him, prosecutors said, and police recovered a 9 mm pistol when they patted him down.