Boy, 16, killed in South Chicago shooting, Chicago police say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 16-year-old boy has died after being shot in the chest in the South Chicago neighborhood Thursday night, Chicago police said.

The shooting took place at about 10:55 p.m. in the 8800-block of South Marquette Avenue.



Police said the teen was rushed to Trinity Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, where he was later pronounced dead. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the boy as Isaac Samuel Rincon Uribe of Chicago.

His death has been deemed a homicide.



Police also said witnesses to the shooting are not cooperating with investigators and so far, no one is in custody.

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