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Boy, 17, shot and killed on Chicago's Near West Side

Teen killed in Chicago Jewel-Osco parking lot
Teen killed in Chicago Jewel-Osco parking lot 00:18

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Jewel-Osco store parking lot on the Near West Side was covered in shell casings Monday evening after a teenage boy was shot and killed.

Police said at 5:15 p.m., the 17-year-old boy was in a parking lot of the Jewel-Osco at the southwest corner of Ashland and Roosevelt roads when he was struck multiple times to the body by gunfire.

The victim self-transported to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead.

The shooter remained on the loose late Monday. Detectives are investigating.

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