Overview
- The shooting happened early Thursday around 3:20 a.m. on the 4800 block of South Calumet Avenue near 48th Street, leaving a 15-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the face.
- Paramedics treated the boy at the scene and took him to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
- Police confirmed detectives are handling the case, but local reports disagree on whether Area One or Area Two detectives are assigned.
- Authorities have not disclosed a motive or named any suspects and the circumstances of the shooting remain under active investigation.
- Bronzeville is a South Side Chicago neighborhood and Comer is the city's main pediatric trauma center, so the shooting raises immediate community and medical concerns to watch as investigators seek more information.