CHICAGO — Two of four students shot outside Benito Juarez Community Academy high school on the city’s Southwest Side Friday afternoon have died, according to officials.
Brandon Perez, 15, and a 14-year-old boy whose family has not yet been notified, have died, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and police, who said both were shot in the head.
The shooting happened outside the school, on school property shortly after dismissal, according to Larry Langford, a Chicago Fire Department spokesperson and school officials.