Chicago shooting: Altercation leads to 16-year-old being shot, killed on West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) – A physical altercation ended in the shooting death of a teenager on Chicago's far West Side.
The 16-year-old boy was in an altercation with a known 33-year-old male suspect in a residence in the 100 block of North Parkside around 8:30 p.m. The man produced a handgun and fired shots at the teen, police said.
The victim, identified as Leontaye Taylor by the Medical Examiner's Office, was shot multiple times in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene.
A witness at the scene told officers that the suspect fled the residence before police arrived with the handgun.
No one is in custody. Area 4 detectives are investigating.
