Police reacted at around 1:10am Monday to reports of shots discharged outside of a home on the 4300 square of West 23rd Avenue in Gary, authorities affirmed.
Inside the home, officials found the kid, distinguished by relatives as Toryon Dukes, and the mother brought down in a second-floor room.
Toryon had endured a solitary gunfire wound and the mother, who is three-months pregnant, had been shot in the arm and brushed in the face.
Both of the exploited people were taken to Methodist Hospital Northlake Campus where Toryon was articulated dead not long after showing up.
The Lake County coroner's office has not discharged insights regarding the casualty.
The mother, in the meantime, is said to be in a steady condition and is relied upon to make a full recuperation.
The mother's beau and her three other youngsters were additionally inside the home when the shots rang out, anyway none of them were harmed.
Neither the kid nor mother have been officially recognized by police, nonetheless, relatives have distinguished the four-year-old unfortunate casualty as Toryon Dukes.
Addressing CBS Chicago, the kid's grandma uncovered that Toryon had been resting in a bed with his mom when the shots were discharged into the room window.
The family had as of late moved into the home, she stated, including that Toryon's dad was lethally shot in Chicago two months back.
'I accept they were all inside the home,' said Gary Police Commander Jack Hamady is a question and answer session.
'There were three other kids in the living arrangement alongside one other grown-up inside the habitation around then. I accept the kids were dozing, however, the two grown-ups were up.'
Police said it shows up the shots were discharged from outside the condo unit. They have not discharged any subtleties on what may have spurred the shooting.
Up until now, no captures have been made by specialists.
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