Congressman's grandson fatally shot in Chicago

The grandson of Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Jovan Wilson, was fatally shot in Chicago Friday night in a dispute believed to have arisen over a pair of gym shoes. He was 14 years old.

Jovan was home with an uncle and several siblings when two other teenagers, a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl, came into the house. Their argument about the shoes "escalated and turned physical and [the boy] pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the head," said Anthony Guglielmi of the Chicago Police. "This was not random but was egregious and senseless to use a gun over a fight for clothes."

Davis described his late grandson as a typical teenager who liked basketball and music. "I grieve for my family," he said. "I grieve for the young man who pulled the trigger, I grieve for his family, his parents, his friends, some of whom will never see him again."

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2016 has been an unusually violent year in Chicago, with 55 percent more murders than in 2015. The two teenagers responsible in this case have been identified but remain at large as of Saturday morning.