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A 16-year-old boy and a 32-year-old man are the latest victims of gun violence after being shot dead on a West Side street this afternoon, police said. It was the second double homicide reported today.
Officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 4200 block of West Congress Parkway and found the two lying dead outside on the ground, according to the police.
Both victims lived in Chicago, police said.
No one has been arrested.
Police had the crime scene near Genevieve Melody Elementary School taped off at least one block to the north, east and west, while neighbors milled about to get a better look.
On West Van Buren Street, a body could be scene lying in the roadway, near the curb and a bus stop.
A man who only identified himself as the teen victim's uncle said the boy, whose family lived nearby, had simply gone to run an errand.
"He was just going to the store," the man said. "They just killed him just like that."
Later, the man paced back and forth on the sidewalk, shaking his head in disbelief.
"He goes to school and everything," he said to a police officer.
This latest shooting represents the 4th and 5th homicides reported today, and the second double homicide.
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