Boy, 16, dies after being shot multiple times in Englewood neighborhood
Officers arrived at that area and found the victim on the ground with several gunshot wounds.
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Officers arrived at that area and found the victim on the ground with several gunshot wounds.
CBS News Chicago did some digging and found that just this month, 13 teenagers have been shot. Shardaa Gray reports.
Chicago police said officers were on patrol when they were waved down by witnesses who then told them they found a person unresponsive on the ground.
The shooting happened just before 2 a.m. in the 6600 block of South Halsted Street.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
Five people were taken into custody and another person was hurt after attempting to burglarize train cars Friday morning on the city's South Side.
The circumstances of the shooting not immediately released.
The circumstances of the shooting remain unknown, and police have only said a gun discharged.
According to police, the boy was identified as the suspect who took a vehicle from a 45-year-old woman in the 6900 block of South Laflin Street.
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