Boy, 16, Fatally Shot In Targeted Attack: South Holland Police

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL — A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in a targeted incident Saturday night in South Holland, police said in a release.

Police were called to the 160th block of Drexel Avenue just after 7 p.m. for a report of gunshots, police said. Officers found a teen boy with a gunshot wound on the lawn, police said.

The boy—identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Davell Holden, of South Holland—was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Medical records list Holden as having multiple gunshot wounds.

The South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident, and anyone with information is encouraged to contact South Holland police detectives at 708-331-3131, ext. 2.