Jerome Harris, 17, shot to death in Morgan Park community

Jerome N. Harris was killed in a Morgan Park neighborhood shooting Sunday night.

Harris, 17, was shot in the neck in the 1100 block of West 112th Place about 9 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Harris, of the 11000 block of South State Street, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died about an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was convicted in February of assaulting a police officer, according to court records. He was sentenced to three years in prison for the assault and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, but was released on parole in March.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.

— Sun-Times Media Wire

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