A person was found shot to death Monday in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side.
About 10:55 p.m., police officers were flagged down in the 2500 block of West 63rd Street because a person was laying on the sidewalk unresponsive, Chicago police said. The person was found with a gunshot wound to the neck and pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim is listed as a John Doe but is believed to be between 14 and 20 years old, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released details about the death.
Police were seen investigating fresh graffiti on a wall near the scene of the homicide.
Area Central detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.
