A West Ridge, Chicago shooting killed a 13-year-old boy in Lerner Park in the 7000 block of North Sacramento Avenue, authorities said.
A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed at a North Side park playground on Friday night, Chicago officials said.
The shooting happened before 10 p.m. at Lerner Park in the West Ridge neighborhood's 7000 block of North Sacramento Avenue, police said. Witnesses said they heard a loud pop, followed by multiple people running away.Police found a male victim on a park bench with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to the St. Francis Hospital in critical condition, but he later died.Police are searching for the gunman and there's no word on any arrests.
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