15-year-old boy found fatally wounded in Austin neighborhood

A 15-year-old boy was found fatally wounded overnight on the West Side in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Shortly after 1 a.m., officers responded to a call of someone shot in the 4600 block of West Jackson Boulevard. A boy, 15, had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, police said.

He was taken by paramedics to Stroger Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

No information about the shooting was immediately available. Detectives were investigating.