Crime & Safety

Woman Charged With Shooting 15-Year-Old Boy At Back-To-School Event On South Side Of Chicago In 2024

Darnisha Jones, 31, is charged with one count of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery.

(CBS Chicago)

April 30, 2026

A woman has been charged with shooting a 15-year-old boy outside an indoor track facility near Gately Park in Chicago in 2024, after getting into a fight with another woman during a back-to-school event in the Pullman neighborhood.

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Darnisha Jones, 31, is charged with one count of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery.

Cook County prosecutors said, on Aug. 24, 2024, a 15-year-old boy, his mother, and two other people were attending a back-to-school event at the track and field facility at Gately Park, at 10201 S. Cottage Grove Ave.

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