Kevin Diaz, 14, fatally shot in Chicago Lawn

A 14-year-old boy was shot to death Thursday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired found Kevin Diaz lying on a sidewalk in the 6400 block of South Francisco Avenue about 10:15 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Diaz, of the 6200 block of North Francisco Avenue, died at Holy Cross Hospital at 10:42 p.m. Thursday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating if the shooting is gang related, police said.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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