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1 in custody after 11-year-old boy killed, pregnant woman seriously injured in domestic violence incident on North Side

An 11-year-old boy was killed and a pregnant woman was seriously injured after an apparent domestic violence incident on Chicago’s North Side Wednesday morning, according to officials. One person was in custody, Chicago police said.

Ald. Andre Vasquez, 40th, issued a public safety announcement after the incident in the 5900 block of North Ravenswood Avenue. The incident, which happened around 8 a.m., “fatally wounded” the boy and “seriously injured a woman,” the announcement said.

Chicago police have identified a person of interest and had taken them into custody, authorities said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the boy as Jaydone Perkins, 11. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.

“Our office is in touch with the 20th District and will share updates as we receive them,” Vasquez said.

By Wednesday afternoon, the brick apartment complex was sealed off with caution tape and several police cruisers were parked in its parking lot. Other than the occasional car driving by, North Ravenswood Avenue was quiet.

A neighbor, who asked not to be named, said the injured woman was the mother of Jaydone. She said the mother has another 5-year-old son — Jaydone’s brother — and lived in the complex with her fiance.

“She’s a lovely woman,” the neighbor said. “They’re a very calm, loving family.”

The neighbor, a mother of three, said her sister heard screaming around the time of the shooting.

She described the apartment complex as quiet and safe — her daughter would play with Jaydone on their porch.

“I’m devastated. I just can’t wrap my head around it,” she said. “I’m flabbergasted.”

Another neighbor, who only gave his first name, Joe, described the family as polite and respectful. The complex is a tightknit community, he added.

“We look out for each other,” Joe, 67, said. “That kind of stuff never happens around here.”

One woman said she lived on the same floor as the family, but didn’t hear anything Wednesday morning.

“I have no words for it,” she said as she sat on the building’s steps. “I just feel uneasy.”