Police in suburban Joliet were investigating after a 13-year-old boy was found shot and killed an in alleyway Monday.
About 4:40 p.m., officers with the Joliet Police Department responded to the 300 block of Des Plaines Street for reports of a person shot. When police arrived, they found a 13-year-old boy in the rear alley who had been shot multiple times. He was later pronounced dead at the scene by the Will County Coroner’s Office.
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WATCH HEREPhotos and video from the scene Monday showed a large police presence in front of the area, with yellow crime tape blocking off parts of a sidewalk.
No one was custody and the circumstances surrounding the shooting were under investigation, police said.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Joliet police at 815-724- 3020 or contact Will County Crime Stoppers at 800-323-6734 or online.
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