Neighbors said that the 6-year-old boy who was killed Saturday by a gunshot was a sweet, kindhearted little boy who played with other children in his tight-knit Southwest Baltimore community.

Baltimore Police identified the boy Monday as Micah Comegys, a kkindergartner at Mary E. Rodman Elementary School.

“He just really was a good kid, and he did not deserve this,” said Brooklyn Faller, a neighbor whose son had been close friends with Micah, who would have turned 7 in November..

Police said over the weekend that the boy was found wounded in a home on the 800 block of Vine Street in the Poppleton neighborhood. He died at the scene.

It was not clear whether the gunshot wound was self-inflicted or if the boy was shot by another person. Police Commissioner Richard Worley said that the department “way too often” responds to cases where “young people get their hands on a gun that should be secured by adults.”

Police said Monday that they are “continuing to investigate the circumstances” of the case. A spokesperson for the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which is performing an autopsy to confirm the cause and manner of Micah’s death, said Monday that the case was still pending.

Faller said that the residence where Micah was fatally wounded was not his home, though a police spokesperson would not confirm whose home it was. Baltimore Police spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said Monday that the boy was shot inside the residence, and nobody else was inside when officers arrived.

Police said a handgun was recovered from the scene, and Worley noted Saturday that whoever owned the gun would be prosecuted if the firearm was improperly stored.

Faller said that Micah’s mother is “devastated” by his death, and she expressed frustration with social media discourse blaming the boy’s mother.

“I just want everybody to know that although … she wasn’t there at the time, that doesn’t necessarily mean that she didn’t love or care about” Micah, Faller said.

Faller said that Micah was a “regular, normal kid” — he was always playing and knocking on her door, “wanting juice, wanting ice cream,” she said.

Micah and the other neighborhood kids, including Faller’s 6-year-old son, loved playing outside on bikes and would gawk in amusement when dirt bike riders would pass by.

Faller recalled that Micah and the other kids were outside drawing on the sidewalk with chalk “for a whole week straight” amid recent warm, sunny weather. Other times, Micah and her son would play video games like Roblox and Fortnite on their tablets.

Families in the neighborhood, especially those with kids who played or went to school with Micah, are still shaken by the boy’s death over the weekend, Faller said.

Baltimore City Public Schools spokesperson Sherry Christian said that the district’s Crisis Response Team was at Rodman Elementary on Monday to provide counseling and support to students and staff.

Faller said Micah was “always in school,” listened to directions from adults and loved his mother deeply.

The boy’s father recently died from gun violence, Faller said. Now dealing with the loss of her son, Micah’s mother has “understandably” not been speaking much publicly or with her neighbors, according to Faller.

She said that the city is helping Micah’s mother with funeral expenses, though family and neighbors are helping raise additional funds through a GoFundMe campaign.

“She’s definitely gonna still need some help,” said Faller.

Micah’s 16-year-old half-brother, who is listed as the fundraiser’s organizer, wrote that the boy’s mother feels “hopeless.” Camarri Lasane, who was born to Micah’s late father, wrote that the boy “was full of life” and that “all he wanted to do was play outside and over his friend’s house.”

“I’m here for you, baby, and we’re going to help your mom put you away so nice,” wrote Lasane, addressing his younger half-brother. “Now tell Daddy I said ‘hi, and I’m going to be okay.'”

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