Scene where Michael Patton was fatally shot / Photo by Alex Wroblewski
Michael Patton was was killed in a Monday night shooting in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood that left another left another teenager wounded.
Michael, 17, and a 15-year-old acquaintance were talking to several people in a black van in the 600 block of East 50th Place when somebody inside the van opened fire about 10:40 p.m. Monday, authorities said.
Michael was shot in the chest and the 15-year-old was struck in the upper right arm, authorities said.
Michael, of the 600 block of East 51st Street, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy confirmed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
The 15-year-old boy was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, police said.
Nobody has been charged for the murder.
Area Central detectives are investigating.
— Sun-Times Media Wire