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Boy, 15, fatally shot on South Side

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By ABC7
Thursday, January 5, 2012
January 5, 2012 (CHICAGO)

Mark Watts was shot several times in the 5700-block of South Laflin. He was taken to a hospital where he died.

Watts was visiting friends and family. He was a student at Thornwood High School.

No one is in custody.

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