Boy, 17, found shot to death in Marquette Park

A 17-year-old boy was found shot to death on Friday evening in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

Titus Jackson was discovered unresponsive at 6:23 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Washtenaw with gunshot wounds to his chest, leg and buttocks, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Jackson, who lived in the Lawndale neighborhood, was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:36 p.m., authorities said. An autopsy Saturday found he died of his wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

Area Central detectives were investigating.