Overview

• The boys were shot around 3:45 p.m. in a vacant lot behind the 600 block of West 47th Street during a fight with an unknown number of people.
• The 12-year-old was struck in the chest and the 15-year-old in the hip, and both were taken to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.
• Police confirmed the older boy later died, and CBS identified him as Alex Durante of Chicago.
• The incident happened about 15 minutes after Tilden High School dismissal, prompting a soft lockdown, and police said the victims were not connected to the school.
• Detectives are investigating the homicide with no arrests reported, and an eyewitness barbershop owner said one victim collapsed behind his shop after running from the lot.