Sep 5, 2006 10:48 am US/Central
Teen Shot Near High School On First Day Of Class
Victim Was Student At Another School
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Rafael Romo
Reporting
The shooting occurred at 8:15 a.m. at 87th Street and Jeffery Boulevard, police said. The location is close to Chicago Vocational Career Academy, at 2100 E. 87th St.
Police News Affairs Deputy Director Pat Camden says the 16-year-old boy was about a quarter-mile away from Chicago Vocational when another young man ran across the street and started shooting at him. Police said the shooting was gang-related
The victim was a student, but not at Chicago Vocational, police said. He attended Sullivan House Alternative School, a nearby private school at 8164 S. South Chicago Ave.
Parents who brought their children to the school were shocked to hear about the shooting.
“There was a lot of police out there this morning," a father said. "I just brought my son in to get him registered this morning and I said, ‘My God, first day and look, they’ve got the police here. I mean, several police cars.”
The victim was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital. His condition was not immediately learned.
Chicago Vocational has had difficulties with fighting and gang activity on numerous prior occasions.
