17-year-old dies after Rosemoor shooting

The teen was shot by someone in a basement in the 100 block of East 107th Street, Chicago police said.

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A 17-year-old boy was critically wounded in a shooting Oct. 2, 2021, in Rosemoor on the Far South Side.

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A 17-year-old boy died after he was shot Saturday evening in a Rosemoor home on the Far South Side.

Martinus M. King was shot by someone in a basement around 6:10 p.m. in the 100 block of East 107th Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was struck multiple times and transported to Christ Medical in Oak Lawn, where he died less than an hour later, authorities said.

Police reported no arrest.

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