A 13-year-old Chicago boy was shot to death Sunday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood after someone asked him about his gang affiliation, police said.
Demureya Macon, 13, was shot in the torso in the 6600 block of South Talman at 8:35 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
"I just want him back," Macon's mother, Tawana Macon said. "I had him when I was his age. He died at the age I had him."
Macon was with a friend when someone walked out of a nearby alley and asked him about his gang affiliation, according to a police report. The person then pulled out a handgun and began firing.
Tawana Macon said her son, a seventh grader at Fairfield Academy, and two friends were walking a girl to the bus stop near Montgomery Park when the shooting happened.
The teen was shot in the chest and tried to run away, according to the source. He was found lying on a nearby sidewalk.
Macon, of the 6400 block of South Maplewood, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:36 p.m., authorities said.
"I didn't get to say goodbye," Tawana Macon said.
According to the police report, the teen had no reported gang affiliations.
An autopsy was scheduled for Monday.
