Overview

• A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday afternoon in the Little Village neighborhood on the 2800 block of South Komensky Avenue, with no suspects currently in custody.
• The fatal shooting involved a gunman firing from a vehicle, striking the boy multiple times; he was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.
• Later that evening, another 15-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet in a separate shooting in Streeterville; he was treated at Lurie Children’s Hospital and is in good condition.
• Both incidents are under investigation, with Harrison Area detectives handling the Little Village case and Area 3 detectives investigating the Streeterville shooting.
• These shootings underscore a broader pattern of unresolved gun violence in Chicago, particularly affecting teenagers and children in neighborhoods such as Little Village, South Shore, and Englewood.