A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot late Saturday by a friend of his girlfriend after the couple argued at a Woodlawn gathering.
Marquise Harris was in a second-floor apartment in the 6200 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue when got into an argument with his girlfriend about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.
A male friend of the girlfriend intervened and got into a fight with Harris, authorities said. The friend left the gathering, but returned a short time later and allegedly shot Harris in the chest.
Harris, who lived on the block, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 12:05 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Area Central detectives are investigating.
-- Sun-Times Media Wire