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16-year-old boy fatally shot in West PullmanSun-Times Wireon April 26, 2021 at 9:40 am

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot April 26, 2021 in West Pullman.

The teen boy was standing on the sidewalk Monday in the first block of East Kensington Avenue when someone inside a dark-colored vehicle fired shots.

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot early Monday in West Pullman in the Far South Side.

The teen boy was standing on the sidewalk about 2:45 a.m. in the first block of East Kensington Avenue when someone inside a dark-colored vehicle fired shots, Chicago police said.

He was shot in the leg and self-transported to St. Margaret Hospital in Hammond, Indiana, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released details on his death.

No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate.

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