A 16-year-old boy was shot to death in the West Englewood neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
Police responding to a report of shots fired found Martell J. Lawrence shot in the head on a sidewalk the 6500 block of South Marshfield Avenue about 12:15 p.m., authorities said.
Martell, of the 1700 block of West Marquette Road, died at Holy Cross Hospital less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
As news of the killing spread, friends took to social media to express their condolences:
Nobody has been charged for the murder.
Area South detectives are investigating if the shooting is gang related.
— Sun-Times Media Wire