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16-Year-Old Boy Killed in Humboldt Park Shooting Identified

By Mina Bloom | August 17, 2014 9:10am | Updated on August 17, 2014 7:52pm
 Karveon Glover, 16, was fatally shot early Sunday in the 900 block of North Karlov Avenue.
Karveon Glover, 16, was fatally shot early Sunday in the 900 block of North Karlov Avenue.
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CHICAGO — A boy was fatally shot in Humboldt Park early Sunday. 

Around 1:15 a.m., police responded to a call of a person shot in the 900 block of North Karlov Avenue and discovered the boy, 16, on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound in his head, said Officer Amina Greer, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead, Greer said.

The victim was identified as Karveon Glover, of the 4100 block of West Grenshaw Avenue. He was 16 years old, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

No one is in custody for this shooting, and detectives are investigating, authorities said.

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