12-Year-Old Boy Arrested With Gun In Lawndale Alley

By Stephen Gossett in News on Jul 12, 2017 2:59PM

A 12-year-old boy was arrested with a gun in Lawndale after he told police he was a gang member.

The boy was apprehended on Tuesday evening at around 8 p.m. in the 1800 block of South Kostner, according to Chicago Police Department spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi. He was charged with unlawful use of a weapon as a juvenile.

Guglielmi told the Tribune that the boy was not the same one seen in a recent viral video that appears to show one young boy show off a gun to a motorist who recorded the scene.