Vigil honors 16-year-old student shot, killed at South Side bus stop near YMCA; another teen hurt
Hyde Park Academy student Eric Billups killed on his way home from school, family says
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A vigil and balloon release were held Thursday after two teens were shot, one fatally, Wednesday afternoon on Chicago's South Side, Chicago police said.
It was the first 16-year-old Eric Billup's mother was at the exact spot where her son was murdered while waiting at a bus stop on his way home from school.
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His mother was surrounded by loved ones who gathered outside the South Side YMCA with silver and black balloons to honor the late Hyde Park Academy sophomore student.
They came together 24 hours after Billups was shot and killed. Another student was injured.
The shooting happened minutes after he got out of classes.
Billups' family says he was one of three children, and that his maternal grandmother was also killed by gun violence.
Police haven't given a motive behind Billups' shooting.
So far, no arrests have been made.
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