Young mother of two--in her own home--killed by shot fired by 16-year-old

In Waukegan, Illinois a 23-year-old mother--in her child's bedroom reading the Bible to her seven-month old baby--was fatally shot by what People ragazine called a "stray bullet."

See, the bullet was looking to find its way back into the mag of a gun recklessly fired near her home by a 16-year-old male, Zechariah Myles.  Myles pulled the trigger, sending the bullet toward...well, Myles didn't care where.  And in trying to get back home the poor bullet lost its way and ended up killing the young mother--in her own home.

The 23-year-old victim was Melanie Yates, and she leaves behind two young children and a husband. 

But hey, yew cain't get mad 'bout dis cuz it bees an aksident, peeps.  Yew cain't blame dis po' 16-year-old fo' dis, cuz he din' know not to shoot da gun anywhere he want, in town, near houses, cuz all da homies in Chitcongo do it all da time, see?  If da homies do it, mus' be okay, hey?

People Magazine: "She shouldn't have been in such an obviously dangerous place."

Slate:  "The teen shouldn't be charged, since he was clearly acting in self-defense."

Okay, sarcasm aside:  Clearly this shooting wasn't intentional, but was obviously negligent.  Question is, will the prosecutor sentence the shooter to any meaningful punishment--not to try to keep him from doing this or worse, but as a message to other "teens" not to shoot guns in town.

Wanna take a bet?

16-y-o shooter