PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania police say an 11-year-old boy fatally shot his mother’s boyfriend during an altercation between the couple.<\/p>\n
The 911 call came in around 11:40 p.m. on Thursday, when police were called to the 1100-block of Peach Street in Southwest Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Arriving officers and medics say they found the 30-year-old boyfriend lying on the bedroom floor with a gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n
He was pronounced dead a short time later. Police have identified him as Jaimeer Jones-Walker of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
Investigators say Jones-Walker showed up at the house where his girlfriend lives with her children and began assaulting her in the bedroom.<\/p>\n
According to police, that’s when her young son grabbed his mother’s gun and shot him.<\/p>\n
Sources tell our Philadelphia sister station, 6ABC Action News, this started as an argument over the couple’s newborn baby, who is still in the hospital.<\/p>\n
Police say the girlfriend, who lives on this block with her children, and her boyfriend were fighting over visitation and the confrontation turned violent.<\/p>\n
The firearm was recovered by police at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police say both the boy and his mother are cooperating with detectives and being interviewed by the homicide unit.<\/p>\n
Officials are looking into whether there has been a history of domestic incidents where police have been called to the residence.<\/p>\n
The incident remains under investigation. It’s not yet known if anyone will be charged.<\/p>\n
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