17-year-old Denear Scott fatally shot in Chatham

Denear Dashaun Scott was shot to death in the Chatham neighborhood Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.

About 5:45 p.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 700 block of East 82nd Street found the 17-year-old Scott lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Scott was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m., authorities said.

He lived in the 6800 block of South Aberdeen, according to the medical examiner’s office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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