Shot Teen Thought Dead By Paramedics Was Still Alive

CHICAGO, IL — A teen who had been shot in the head multiple times early Monday on the West Side was initially pronounced dead at the scene when he was still alive and breathing. The 17-year-old boy died early Tuesday at Stroger Hospital, according to ABC 7 Chicago.

The teen was one of six people shot around 4:50 a.m. Monday, June 18, in the University Village-Little Italy neighborhood. A woman in her early 20s was shot multiple times and died at the scene in the 1300 block of South Loomis Street.

Paramedics initially placed a sheet over the wounded teen, who the Cook County medical examiner's office identified as Erin Carey, of the 200 block of South Lockwood Avenue, Chicago, the report stated. But witnesses noticed the boy breathing beneath the sheet, and paramedics returned to help him by doing CPR, the report added. The teen was then taken to Stroger in critical condition.

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"I do understand that paramedics looked at him, believed him to be deceased, covered him with that sheet and moved on to another individual who was nearby who was also shot," Chicago Police First Deputy Superintendent Anthony Riccio told ABC 7. "They saw motion, movement underneath the sheet. Officers who were present notified paramedics, this man is still alive."

It's not known why the teen was thought to be dead. The Chicago Fire Department is looking into how paramedics triaged the teen and why they believed he was dead, ABC 7 reports.

Other victims included a 23-year-old man was shot in the arm and a 21-year-old man hit in the leg, police said. Another 21-year-old man was found at Rush Hospital with a bullet wound in his leg, and another man was shot multiple times in the abdomen and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, according to authorities.

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