A young male, possibly a teenager, was fatally shot in North Lawndale early Monday morning, according to Chicago police.
Officers were on patrol when they discovered the victim, age unknown, with a gunshot wound to the head in the 1500 block of South Kildare Avenue around 2:10 a.m., police said. He was unresponsive.
Chicago Fire Department was called to the scene to treat the victim, who was subsequently pronounced on scene via Stroger Hospital, police said.
No one is in custody.