Person in custody in killing of 7-year-old Jai’Mani Amir Rivera, police say

A person was taken into police custody Thursday in connection to the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Jai’Mani Amir Rivera on the city’s Near West Side, according to Chicago police.

Additional details weren’t available Thursday evening, and Cook County court records showed no charges were yet filed in the case.

Jai’mani was shot about 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 2300 block of West Jackson Boulevard as he walked out of his family’s apartment to visit a next-door neighbor, Chicago police Superintendent...