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Chicago shooting leaves 9-year-old boy dead, man wounded

CHICAGO (AP) - A 9-year-old boy has been slain and a 31-year-old man wounded during a shooting in a Chicago neighborhood.

Police say the shots were fired about 11:15 p.m. Friday by someone in a car that pulled up next to an SUV the victims were in.

The boy was struck in the back and later pronounced dead at a hospital. The wounded man was shot in face, back and chest and was listed Saturday in critical condition.

No arrests have been made.

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