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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Sun-Times Wire

16-year-old boy fatally shot in East Side neighborhood

A 16=year-old boy was killed in a shooting May 18, 2021 in East Side. | Archive Sun-Times

A 16-year-old boy was shot to death early Tuesday in the East Side neighborhood.

Officers found the teen on the front porch of a home in the 3300 block of East 109th Street about 2:55 a.m., Chicago police said. He was unresponsive and had suffered a gunshot wound to the torso.

The teen was taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t yet identified the boy.

A witness told officers they saw a black car leaving the scene immediately after the shooting, according to police.

No one was in custody.

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