16-year-old boy found shot, killed on Chicago's Southwest Side

Boy, 16, killed in Little Village shooting

CHICAGO (CBS) — A 16-year-old boy was found shot and killed overnight in the Little Village neighborhood.

Chicago police said officers responded to the 2400 block of South Trumbull Avenue just before 11:30 p.m. Friday for a report of a person shot and found the teen outside on the ground.

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to his lower back and was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition and later died.

A car with a bullet hole in the driver-side rear was also found crashed into a yard at the scene. A witness told officers that they observed multiple males fleeing the scene after the shooting.

As of Saturday, no one is in custody.

Area 4 detectives were investigating.

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