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Laquan Allen, 14, Shot Dead In Austin, Officials Say

By Kelly Bauer | March 26, 2017 10:09am | Updated on March 27, 2017 11:02am
 A 14-year-old boy was shot to death in Austin on Saturday afternoon, police said.
A 14-year-old boy was shot to death in Austin on Saturday afternoon, police said.
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CHICAGO — Laquan Allen, 14, was fatally shot in Austin on Saturday afternoon, officials said.

At 3:03 p.m., the boy was standing on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Hubbard Street when a car drove by and someone inside fired shots, police said.

The boy was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

Allen, of the 4200 block of West Augusta Boulevard, was pronounced dead at 3:34 p.m., according to the Cook county Medical Examiner's Office. 

No one was in custody.