16-year-old boy charged in deadly October shooting in Garfield Park, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) — A teen boy has been charged in a deadly shooting that happened in October on Chicago’s West Side, police said.

The shooting happened in the Garfield Park neighborhood’s 300 block of South Springfield Avenue just before 8 a.m. on Oct. 8, police said. One 22-year-old man was killed, and another 22-year-old man was not injured.

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A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with the shooting, police said on Saturday.

Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

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