Steven D. Merkel, 52, of the Lincoln Avenue address, was charged with first-degree reckless homicide in Michael Meagher's death.

Police said eight-year-old Michael Meagher died after being shot by a handgun at a home on Lincoln Avenue near Lake Geneva. He was a second grader at Brook Park Elementary School in LaGrange Park.

A Lake Geneva man has been charged after the shooting death of a boy in Geneva. Fatal shooting investigation. What we know. The Town of Geneva Police Depart

Early Monday morning, Town of Geneva police officers were called to Lincoln Drive near Lake Como for a 9-year-old boy who had been shot. First responders treated him at the scene and took him to the hospital.