A 15-year-old boy found dead Monday in West Chesterfield on the South Side appears to have shot himself, police say.
He was found unresponsive about 7:50 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his face in an alley in the 9400 block of South Prairie Avenue, Chicago police said.
The teen was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A law enforcement source said the gunshot wound appears to be self-inflicted.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released details about the death.
Police, who initially said they were conducting a homicide investigation, said Monday morning they are conducting a death investigation.
