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The boy, whose
name has not been officially released, was pronounced dead at
the scene, police said.
"I feel so bad, this baby could do no wrong," neighbor Raynetta
Tyler was quoted as saying by local television station ABC 7.
Other neighbors told local media the boy died a few doors away
from his grandmother's home.
Chicago, with 2.7 million people, is the most violent large city
in the United States, authorities said, with poverty,
segregation, dozens of small street gangs and a pervasive gun
culture all contributing to the problem.
In July in Chicago, 7-year-old Amari Brown was killed by gunfire
in an apparent gang-related attack as the boy was watching a
backyard fireworks show.
(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas and Fiona Ortiz in
Chicago; Editing by Bill Trott)
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