A 16-year-old boy from Waukegan has died in the hospital after police say he was critically wounded in a shooting near a park in Chicago Friday evening.
The Chicago Police Department said they responded to a report of a person shot around 11:22 p.m. Friday in the 2400 block of South Trumbull Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood.
Officers arrived and found a 16-year-old boy who was outside on the ground.
Police said he suffered a gunshot wound to the lower back and the Chicago Fire Department responded to the scene.
Paramedics rushed the boy to Mt. Sinai Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said the teenager died in the hospital from his injuries a short time later.
A witness told investigators they saw multiple males fleeing the scene after the shooting. Officials said the incident happened near Limas Park.
Police said no one was in custody and Area Four detectives were investigating the case.
The medical examiner’s office said an autopsy performed show the victim died as a result of a gunshot wound to the torso and his death was ruled a homicide.
The medical examiner’s office has not released the boy’s identity publicly yet but said the 16-year-old was a Waukegan resident.