The Latest Breaking News from South Side

A 17-year-old boy was shot to death in South Shore, blocks from an elementary school. Later in the day, a man was killed blocks away.

The girl was walking home from school in the 6200 block of South Indiana Avenue Thursday when the man walked up, covered her mouth and pulled her into the alley, Chicago police said.

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The man, 30, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead.

He was transported to the Unversity of Chicago Medical Center where he later died, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

A witness heard gunshots and then arguing before a gunman fired again, killing Giovanny C. Alvarado on April 24 in the 1300 block of East 71st Place, prosecutors said.

A boy, 17, was outside about 10:35 in Washington Heights when someone inside a dark SUV began shooting, police said.