Boyfriend Accused In Teen's Accidental Shooting Death

DES PLAINES, IL — The boyfriend of a Glenview teen has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with her fatal shooting, the Cook County sheriff announced Wednesday. Angelique "Angie" Morris was shot around 1 a.m. Saturday morning at a party in a basement apartment in the 9900 block of Linda Lane in unincorporated Des Plaines. She was taken to Lutheran General Hospital and pronounced dead at 4 a.m.

Detectives learned that Morris and the accused 17-year-old boy, who lived at the Linda Lane location, were in a room together, the sheriff's office said. The teen was handling a gun, and it fired the bullet that fatally injured Morris. The sheriff's office said the boy's name is not being released because he has been charged as a juvenile. Involuntary manslaughter is a class 3 felony. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Glenview — or your community. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

Morris, who went by Angie and hoped to become a special education teacher, was headed into her senior year at Glenbrook South High School. An autopsy Sunday determined she died from a gunshot wound to the head and ruled her death a homicide. According to a GoFundMe page set up by her family, the bullet struck her eyebrow and passed through her brain.

No further information about the legal status or ownership of the firearm that killed Morris was immediately available, according to a spokesperson for the sheriff.

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Morris' death is the second killing of a teen with a gun in or around Des Plaines in two months believed to be accidental. In May, 15-year-old Maine West freshman Izaiah Franceschi died after being shot in the face by his 10-year-old sibling.

Top photo: Angelique K. Morris | GoFundMe