Overview
- The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the victim as 17-year-old Johan Adaree-Sanchez, a student at Morton East High School.
- He was shot around 3:20 p.m. Thursday in the 2100 block of South 59th Avenue shortly after dismissal and later died at a hospital.
- Cicero police said an investigation is underway with no arrests announced and no verified motive.
- Morton East confirmed a student’s death, activated a crisis team for students and staff, and cautioned that some social media reports are inaccurate.
- His girlfriend, Donna Medina, alleged he had been bullied and described trying to save him after the shooting, with her account translated by cousin Natalia Lopez.