A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head Dec. 7, 2020 in Fernwood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file
A 15-year-old boy was critically hurt in a shooting Monday afternoon in Fernwood on the Far South Side.
He was near an alley in the 10000 block of South Perry Avenue about 2:25 p.m. when gunfire rang out and he was shot in his head, Chicago police said in a media notification.
The teen was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.