Police seek to identify 3 people in shooting that killed 13-year-old boy in Lawndale
Police said the teen was on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard in North Lawndale when someone opened fire this past Friday evening.
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Police said the teen was on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard in North Lawndale when someone opened fire this past Friday evening.
The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he later died.
The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he was first listed in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head.
The shooting took place in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard.
The victim was wounded in the abdomen, police said.
There were no injuries in the fire. Information about the cause was not immediately available.
All were being treated at area hospitals Tuesday night.
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