Teen boy fatally shot in South Chicago alley

Around 1:30 a.m., DeJohn Garrett, 17, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the 2500 block of East 80th Street, Chicago police said.

A man was found shot and killed Dec. 11, 2024 on the South Side

A man was found shot and killed Dec. 11, 2024 on the South Side.

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A man was fatally shot early Wednesday at the mouth of a South Chicago alley on the South Side.

Around 1:30 a.m., DeJohn Garrett, 17, was found shot in the head in the 2500 block of East 80th Street, Chicago police said.

Garrett was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Area 2 detectives are investigating but no one was in custody.

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