16-year-old boy fatally shot in East Side neighborhood

The boy was found shot on a porch early Tuesday in the 3300 block of East 109th Street.

Four people were wounded in a shooting July 1, 2022, in West Garfield Park.

A 16=year-old boy was killed in a shooting May 18, 2021 in East Side.

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A 16-year-old boy was shot to death early Tuesday in the East Side neighborhood.

Officers found Leonardo Lee on the front porch of a home in the 3300 block of East 109th Street about 2:55 a.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was unresponsive and had suffered a gunshot wound to the torso. police said. The teen was taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A witness told officers they saw a black car leaving the scene immediately after the shooting, according to police. No one was in custody.

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