16-year-old boy shot in West Pullman

A 16-year-old boy was hurt in a shooting early Monday in West Pullman in the Far South Side.

The teen boy was standing on the sidewalk about 2:45 a.m. in the first block of East Kensington Avenue when someone inside a dark-colored vehicle fired shots, Chicago police said.

He was shot in the leg and self-transported in good condition to St. Margaret Hospital in Hammond, Indiana, police said.

Officers initially said the boy was killed in the incident, according to police.

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No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate.