A man and a teenage boy found shot to death Monday evening inside a vehicle in the Back of the Yards neighborhood are believed to be related, but authorities could not confirm the relationship between Leny Cervantes and Jamie Cervantes.
Officers on patrol discovered 19-year-old Leny Cervantes and 17-year-old Jamie Cervantes inside a vehicle about 6:15 p.m. Monday in the 4500 block of South Wolcott, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The older man had been shot in the head, while the boy had been shot in the abdomen, authorities said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene at 6:35 p.m.
Autopsies Tuesday found both victims died of multiple gunshot wounds and their deaths were ruled homicides.
Friends posted on social media that the two victims were related, but the nature of the relationship was unclear. Authorities would not confirm a relationship, but did say both victims lived in the 6400 block of South Bell.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire