15 year old boy shot dead in Little Village

A 15-year-old boy was shot dead Sunday afternoon in the Little Village neighborhood.

The teen was near the sidewalk in the 2200 block of South California Avenue when a white car drove up and someone in it opened fire on him at about 4:10 p.m., according to Chicago police.

He was hit in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Nothing was held.