16-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot in Suburban Harvey

A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed Sunday evening in Harvey in the south suburbs.

Taaj Mahome was shot shortly before 9 p.m. in the 14400 block of Union Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Mahome, of Lansing, died about three hours later, the medical examiner’s office said.

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Autopsy results released Monday found he died of a gunshot wound to his head. His death was ruled a homicide.

Harvey police didn’t immediately respond to a request for more information.