The teen was near the sidewalk in the 4100-block of West West End Avenue in West Garfield Park about 2:30 p.m., when he was shot multiple times, police said.
The boy was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he died, CPD said.
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No one is in custody, and area detectives are investigating.
Police are investigating the shooting as a homicide.
They did not immediately provide any additional information about what led up to the shooting, and the boy has not yet been publicly identified.
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