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16-year-old boy fatally shot in South Shore identified

A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead Tuesday morning in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.

At 9:13 a.m., the teen was walking northwest in the 7800 block of South Coles Avenue when a white vehicle with three or four people inside pulled up. One of those people took out a gun and shot the victim, police said.

The teen was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The teen was identified on Wednesday by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as 16-year-old Kenyae Franklin.

Calumet Area detectives were investigating.

No further information was available.

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