Officials ID 17-year-old boy shot to death inside East Chicago store

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (WLS) -- Officials have identified the teenage boy who was shot to death at a northwest Indiana store on Saturday.

The shooting happened around 9:24 a.m. at Harbor Food Mart at 3830 Guthrie Street in East Chicago, police said.

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The victim was shot in the head, police said. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The Lake County Coroner's Office in Indiana said the family of Dereon Fields, a 17-year-old East Chicago boy, identified him at the hospital.

East Chicago police investigators said the suspect fled the scene on foot and was reportedly wearing a black ski mask.

No arrests have been made as police and the Lake County Prosecutor's Homicide Task Force is investigating.