Teen boy killed, another critically hurt in Lawndale shooting

The teens were getting out of a vehicle about 4 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard when they were shot.

Red crime scene tape is seen lit up from a car’s headlights.

A teen boy was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in Lawndale.

The teens were getting out of a vehicle about 4 p.m. in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard when they were shot, Chicago police said.

Ahmad Jones, 16, was shot in his head and upper body and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Another 16-year-old suffered gunshot wounds to his legs and chest and was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital.

No arrests had been made as of early Friday evening.

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