A 13-year-old boy was fatally shot Saturday afternoon when a gun was accidentally discharged in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
The boy and his teenage friend were playing with a gun about 3 p.m. in the 7300 block of South Aberdeen when it was fired, Chicago police said.
The boy was shot in his head and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he died at 3:54 p.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
It was unclear who was holding the gun at the time, police said. No one is in custody.
Area South detectives are investigating.
The medical examiner’s office has not released the boy’s identity.
