(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Chicago police were questioning two people of interest after a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed while walking home from school Tuesday afternoon in Bronzeville.
The boy was shot twice in the head around 3:15 p.m. in the 3300 block of South Prairie Avenue, Chicago police said.
He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital and pronounced dead, police said. His name has not been released.
The boy was walking home from school when he was shot, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.
Shortly after the shooting, two people were taken in for questioning.
A woman who works at a coffee shop near the shooting said the area is a “friendly neighborhood” but gun violence is “just getting out of hand.”
“Living in Chicago, you’re going to fear for your safety regardless whether it’s going to work or coming home from the store,” said the worker, who wanted to be identified only by her first name, Lena.
“You can’t even go to a gas station to get gas or pick your child up without worrying about that. So I just try to stay alert and watch my surroundings while I’m outside.”
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