A teenage boy riding his bicycle was shot and wounded Tuesday night on the city's Southwest Side, Chicago police said.
The boy, 14, suffered a gunshot wound to the ankle at about 8:45 p.m. near the intersection of Central Park Avenue and West 65th Street in the Marquette Park neighborhood, police said, citing early reports.
The victim was riding his bicycle on the street when a heavyset man got out of a passing car and yelled a gang slogan toward the boy before pointing a handgun and opening fire, police said.
The wounded boy was taken to area hospital, where he was expected to be treated and released, police said.
Authorities only had a vague description of the gunman and no description at all of the getaway vehicle.
Investigators suspected the shooting was gang related, adding that the victim had a street gang affiliation.
No arrests had been made in the shooting.
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