Suspect arrested in shooting that left 15-year-old dead, 12-year-old injured

A suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in Chicago’s Canaryville neighborhood last week.

According to authorities, the 15-year-old and a 12-year-old were involved in a physical altercation in a vacant lot in the 600 block of West 47th Street Thursday afternoon when a person pulled out a weapon and opened fire.

The older child was shot in the hip, and was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police…

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