Two teenage boys were killed outside a Chicago high school on Friday afternoon when cops say a masked gunman opened fire just as classes were getting out.
Students at Benito Juarez High School were walking out of the building as the gunfire erupted. Police say a suspect in a black mask and hoodie was seen fleeing the scene. A senior at the school who was heading outside when the shooting started told the, “I only heard three shots but already there were two people on the ground.
” The victims, thought to both be 16 years old, have not yet been identified. One of the boys was pronounced dead upon arrival at a local hospital, while the other succumbed to his injuries a short time later. Two other teenagers, a boy and a girl, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. An investigation into the shooting is underway.
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