Teen boy killed in West Pullman drive-by shooting, Chicago police say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Tuesday in West Pullman on the Far South Side.

He was walking down the street just before 5 p.m. in the 12200 block of South Sangamon Street when someone in a dark gray Nissan drove up to him and the front passenger started shooting, according to Chicago police.

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The boy was shot in the back and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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