CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A teenage girl was shot and killed Tuesday outside a convenience store in south suburban Dolton.
Akeira Boston, 16, was in a vehicle outside the Moonlight Food Deli & Liquor store, 1203 E. 142nd Street, at about 9 p.m. when she was shot, according to Andrew Holmes, a Dolton Village Trustee, and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She was struck twice in the abdomen and pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Authorities believe that a male who had just gotten into the vehicle with her was the intended target, Holmes said.
After the shooting started, the male jumped into the backseat, got out and fled on foot while the shooter continued to fire into the vehicle, Holmes said, noting that the vehicle had tinted windows.
Dolton police did not return a request for comment.
Last week, 40-year-old Marshia Bowman was fatally shot while driving four of her children through Dolton. No one has been taken into custody yet.