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Boy, 17, fatally shot in Humboldt Park identified

The boy was found about 10:20 p.m. in a home in the 3600 block of West Franklin Boulevard with gunshot wounds to his chest and head, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A 17-year-old boy who was found shot to death Thursday night inside a Humboldt Park home has been identified.

Treyvon M. Short was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the chest and head about 10:20 p.m. in the 3600 block of West Franklin Boulevard, Chicago police said.

Short, of the 4700 block of South Ingleside Avenue, was pronounced dead at 10:34 p.m., police said.

No arrests were reported.

Area 4 detectives are investigating.

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