A 15-year-old boy died two days after he was shot in the head during a shooting in the Cragin neighborhood, according to officials.
Xavier Soto, 15, of the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, was pronounced dead at 4:09 p.m. Saturday at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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An autopsy Monday determined Soto died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Soto had been one of two teens who were shot about 8 p.m. last Thursday on the same street where he lived. The shooter was inside a passing vehicle that opened fire, striking the boy and a 16-year-old boy, Chicago police said. The older teen was shot multiple times.
The 15-year-old boy had been taken in critical condition to Illinois Masonic Medical Center. The 16-year-old boy had been listed in serious condition at the same hospital.
Police did not release a description of the vehicle or the shooter.
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