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Teen boy fatally shot in Washington Heights

Police said he was found Wednesday night with a gunshot wound in his neck in the 9100 block of South Lowe Avenue.

By Sun-Times Wire

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A teen boy was found shot to death Wednesday night in Washington Heights.

Kamare Edwards, 17, was found with a gunshot wound in his neck in the 9100 block of South Lowe Avenue about 11 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No one was in custody.

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