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