Overview
- The attack, which unfolded Wednesday just after dismissal, left a 16-year-old boy dead and a 16-year-old girl wounded at a bus stop near 63rd Street and South Stony Island Avenue.
- The Cook County medical examiner identified the boy as Eric Billops, and police said the girl was shot in the leg and is expected to recover.
- Detectives said the shooting followed a fight at Hyde Park Academy, with the suspected gunman leaving school early and later returning with a firearm.
- Investigators collected 17 shell casings, witnesses reported the shooter wore a school uniform, and police said no suspect is in custody.
- The school brought in crisis counselors as CPD set up an outreach tent for students, and the killing deepened grief after two Hyde Park Academy students died in separate crashes in late March.