A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Little Italy, according to police.

Someone fired shots from a car that pulled alongside the boy around 4:15 p.m. in the 1300 block of West Grenshaw Street, Chicago police said in a statement.

The child was struck in the chest and leg, police said. He was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead.

Additional details were not released.

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