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14-year-old boy in critical condition after being found shot on West Side

Chicago police officers found a 14-year-old boy with two gunshot wounds to the head after responding to ShotSpotter technology early Saturday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Shortly before 6 a.m., police found the boy in the 2700 block of West Van Buren Street with gunshot wounds to the head. He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, police said.

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The circumstance leading up to the shooting were not immediately available.

No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.


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