Ulysses Campos: 9-year-old boy shot to death during birthday party
FRANKLIN PARK, Illinois - A 9-year-old boy was shot to death during a birthday party in Franklin Park on Saturday night.
The Cook County Medical Examiner said Ulysess Campos died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
He was shot on Elder Lane near Grand during a 70th birthday party for the family's matriarch, relatives and neighbors said.
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Campos was playing outside with other children when someone in a vehicle in the alley started shooting, hitting Campos, police said. FOX 32 Chicago obtained surveillance video that did not show the shooting, but audio caught 4 gunshots.
Family members said he loved Batman and video games. He was two weeks shy of his 10th birthday.
Franklin Park Police said a person of interest is in custody. A vehicle associated with the crime was located in unincorporated Leyden Township in cooperation with the West Suburban Major Crimes Task Force.
Franklin Park Police are asking anyone with information or surveillance video to call detectives at 847-6782444.
There is a growing memorial at the shooting scene with candles, balloons and flowers.