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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Allison Novelo

14-year-old boy killed, 4 other people wounded in Fuller Park, police say responding cops exchanged fire with gunman

Chicago police work the scene where multiple people were shot in the 4200 block of South Wells Street, in the Fuller Park neighborhood, Thursday, June 1, 2023. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were wounded in a shooting Thursday night in Fuller Park where responding police exchanged fire with a gunman, authorities said.

Officers were dispatched to the scene around 8:20 p.m. after a ShotSpotter detector picked up gunfire as a group of people shot at another group in the 4200 block of South Wells Street, Chicago police said. They found several victims on the ground and a gunman standing near them.

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