14-year-old boy shot, injured in South Chicago

CHICAGO - A 14-year-old boy was shot and injured in the South Chicago neighborhood on Monday morning.

The boy was walking in the 8000 block of South Escanaba Avenue around 9:48 a.m. when a black Nissan Altima approached him and someone inside the car opened fire, police said.

The car then fled the scene southbound on Escanaba Avenue.

The teen had multiple gunshot wounds about his body. He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in serious condition.

No one is in custody in connection with the shooting

Area detectives are investigating.