CHICAGO — A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot while riding his bike in the street late Tuesday in Burnside.
The boy was riding his bike in the 9200 block of South Dobson Avenue when a silver sedan drove up and someone inside fired shots at him. He was hit in his chest around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a Chicago police spokesman.
Someone transported the teen to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
Officials there identified the boy as Devonte Carthan, of the 13200 block of South Langley Avenue.
No one is in custody for the shooting and the teen was a documented gang member, police said.
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