A body found in a burning car in Bridgeport early Friday was identified as that of a 15-year-old boy by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Police and firefighters responded to a car on fire in an alley in the 3700 block of South Parnell Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Friday. Kidonnie Kardione Yahighness Smith Jr. was found in the trunk of the car, police said.
He died from a gunshot wound to his neck and chest, and his death was ruled a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.
No one is in custody.
