6Year Old Boy Accidentally Shoots His 3Year Old Brother To Death, While Playing Cops And Robbers.

A Chicago man has been charged with child
endangerment after his three year old son was
shot to death by his six year old brother while
the two were playing "cops and robbers".

The six. year old found the loaded revolver on
top of the refrigerator and shot little brother
Eian Santiago in the head on Saturday evening,
according to police and the Cook County Medical
Examiner's office.
The older brother's name was not disclosed.

The boys' father, Michael Santiago, 25, was
arrested and charged with child endangerment, a
felony, police said. He appeared in court on Sunday
and is being held on a $75,000 bond, according to
DNAinfo.com Chicago, a local news web site.

"He was a beautiful kid. It's real crazy," the
grandfather, Israel LaSalle, said in a tearful
interview "That's why parents should never
have guns in the house."

The three year old was carried by a family member
a block away to Norwegian American Hospital, and
then transported to Mount Sinai Medical Center,
where he was pronounced dead shortly before
idnight, officials said.

Michael Santiago told police he was a former
member of the Spanish Cobras street gang and
had purchased the gun from a gang member for
protection, said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

At the bond hearing, Cook County Assistant State's
Attorney Joseph DiBella said the shooting
happened when the children were in the care of
their grandfather while Santiago was at work and
his wife was at the store with a younger child, age one.

Santiago had shown the six year old the gun a week
before, telling him it was only for adults, DiBella said.
The gun had been wrapped in pajama pants.

Source: Reuters

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