Boy, 15, shot in face on Chicago's South Side

CHICAGO - A 15-year-old boy was shot in the face Thursday morning in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

15-year-old boy shot

The backstory:

The shooting happened around 3:20 a.m. near the intersection of 48th Street and Calumet Avenue, according to police.

Officers found a 15-year-old boy on the ground with a gunshot wound to the face.

Paramedics treated the boy on the scene and took him to Comer Children's Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.

Nearly 60 evidence markers were scattered across the scene of the shooting.

Area One detectives are investigating.