Boy, 14, shot to death in West Englewood

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Police investigate a shooting about 12 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in the 6700 block of South Winchester Ave in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A teenage boy was shot to death early Wednesday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

Tobias Robinson, 14, was standing on the street when a white car drove by and someone inside fired shots about 12:05 a.m. in the 6700 block of South Winchester, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Robinson, who lived in the same neighborhood, was shot in the head and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Police investigate a shooting about 12 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in the 6700 block of South Winchester Ave in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting about 12 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in the 6700 block of South Winchester Ave in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Area South detectives were investigating.

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