16-year-old DeJaun Pitchford fatally shot on his own block in Chatham


DeJaun Pitchford was on the block where he lived in Chatham early Sunday when the 16-year-old was killed and another teenager injured in a shooting, police said.

The teens were standing on the sidewalk in the 8200 block of South Ingleside about 1 a.m. when someone approached on foot and fired shots at them, Chicago Police said.

Pitchford suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 2:05 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived on the same block where he was shot.

The 17-year-old was shot in the leg and was also taken to Christ Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.

—Chicago Sun-times Wire

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