Boy, 13, fatally shot in North Lawndale: police

A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in the North Lawndale neighborhood Friday night, officials said. The boy was standing on the sidewalk on the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard at about 8:20 p.m. when an unknown man fired at him, police said. Chicago fire personnel took the boy to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head where he was listed in critical condition. He was later pronounced dead. Police said no one was in custody and detectives were investigating the shooting.

A 13-year-old boy was shot dead Friday night in the North Lawndale neighborhood, officials said.

The boy was standing on the sidewalk on the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard at about 8:20 p.m. when an unknown gunman fired at him, police said.

Chicago fire personnel took the boy to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head where he was listed in critical condition, but was later pronounced dead, police said.

The boy’s identity wasn’t immediately revealed.

No one was in custody and detectives were investigating the shooting, police said.