Boy, 17, shot, killed in North Lawndale

Antoine Hicks was in the 2200 block of South Keeler Avenue when he was shot, police said.

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A teenage boy was shot and killed in North Lawndale on Sunday night, police said.

Antoine Hicks, 17, was walking on a sidewalk in the 2200 block of South Keeler Avenue just after 8:30 p.m. when two men got out of a car and started shooting, according to Chicago police.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was later pronounced dead.

No one is in custody, and detectives are investigating.

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