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Boy, 14, Shot And Killed On Chicago's West Side

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed near a playground in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports.

Chicago Police said someone inside a car shot Laquan Allen, 14, around 3 p.m. on a sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Hubbard. He was in the 8th grade and lived in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Allen was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the buttocks. He was later pronounced dead.

Allen's family said the teen was alone when he was killed.

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