A teenaged boy who was a Chicago Public Schools student, was fatally shot Friday night on the South Side.
Police responded about 7:35 p.m. to a reported shooting in the 6900 block of South Wabash Avenue and found a 16-year-old boy lying in the middle of the street with a gunshot wound to the upper back area, police said.
Reggis Washington, 16, of 7024 S. Wabash Ave., was pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m. at Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
A Saturday autopsy revealed Washington died of a gunshot wound to the back and ruled the death a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.
Washington was a 10th grade student at Innovations High School of Arts Integration with Youth Charter Connection School, Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Teen CPS Student Fatally Shot on South Side
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