9-16-2023 2:35pm

South Beloit man arrested for child endangerment after fatal shooting

Michael McGinnis Editor

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UPDATE (9/18/2023): The Winnebago County Coroner's Office has announced:

The boy was pulseless and resuscitative efforts were performed. He was transported to a local hospital where despite all treatment efforts, he died from his injuries. He was pronounced deceased on 9/15/2023 at 8:40 p.m. An autopsy was performed today, 9/18/2023. Autopsy findings revealed he died from a gunshot wound.

UPDATE (9/17/2023): according to WIFR, the victim's family has identified him as 10-year-old Aidyn Hansen of Beloit. Relatives have set up a GoFundMe and a Meal Train in support of the family.

After reports of a shooting just south of Shirland Road shortly before 8 p.m., Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputies and Rockton Fire found a wounded 10 year-old boy in the 200 block of Townline Ave, South Beloit, Illinois. He had no pulse and was pronounced dead at a local hospital after 8:40 p.m. Friday, September 15, 2023. A required autopsy by the Winnebago County Coroner's Office confirmed that he died from a gunshot wound.

The Winnebago County States Attorney Office charged a 30 year old South Beloit man, Jose Manuel Sandoval-Tenorio, with child endangerment. Deputies also allege that he had no Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) card for the weapon.

Detectives from the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department are conducting a follow up investigation. Though it has a South Beloit mailing address, Northgate Estates is in unincorporated Winnebago County, in Rockton Township.