A 15-year-old boy was killed and a man was hurt in a shooting Monday in Altgeld Gardens on the Far South Side.
The 19-year-old man and the boy were found about 9:47 p.m. on South Ellis Avenue with gunshot wounds, Chicago police said. Both were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
The 19-year-old was shot in the leg and is in fair condition, police said. The 15-year-old boy was shot in the head and pronounced dead.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the boy as being Jeremiah James.
No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate.
