Teenager found fatally shot on Near South Side

The 17-year-old was discovered Saturday night in a vehicle in the 1900 block of South State Street.

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A 17-year-old boy was found shot to death Saturday night on the Near South Side.

Officers discovered Anthony Sims with a gunshot wound to the head about 7 p.m. in the passenger seat of a vehicle parked in an alley in the 1900 block of South State Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Additional information was not available.

No arrests have been made.

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