Jai'mani Rivera, was shot in the chest on Tuesday afternoon while exiting the building in the Oakley Square Apartments complex.
CHICAGO – Friends and family gathered on Wednesday to mourn the death of a 7-year-old boy who was gunned down outside his Near West Side home on Tuesday.The boy, Jai'mani Rivera, was shot in the chest around 3 p.m. on Tuesday while exiting the building in the Oakley Square Apartments complex in the 2300 block of West Jackson Boulevard.On Wednesday afternoon, the boy's family and supporters gathered at the spot of the shooting to release balloons in his honor.
The organization 'Hug a Child, Make a Change' held the balloon release on Wednesday. The group is dedicated to gun violence prevention.'It's critical that this person turn themself in,' said Saleshea Peterson, with the organization. 'Mother, father, grandmothers, whoever is harboring this person, they need to turn him in.'Rivera was a student at Marvin Camras Children's Engineering Elementary School in Belmont Cragin.
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