A 14-year-old boy was found shot to death in an alley on Chicago’s West Side Thursday afternoon, police say.
According to authorities, the boy was found in the 3600 block of West Flournoy in the Homan Square neighborhood.
At approximately 2:04 p.m., officers discovered that the teen had been shot in the head, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Chicago police say that Area Four detectives are continuing to investigate, and that the scene remains active at this time. No further information was made immediately available.
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