17-year-old Armonni Nelson fatally shot when he answers door in his Calumet Heights home


Armonni Nelson, a 17-year-old South Side boy, was shot to death Wednesday morning in his Calumet Heights home.

Nelson was shot by a male suspect after he answered the door of his home in the 9100 block of South Yates Boulevard at 7:47 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was shot in the abdomen and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.

—Sun-Times Media Wire

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