CHICAGO (WLS) -- Police are speaking to a person of interest in connection with a South Side shooting that killed a 15-year-old boy and injured another child on Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said.

The boys, ages 12 and 15, were in a vacant lot in the 600-block of West 47th Street in the city's Canaryville neighborhood at about 3:45 p.m. when they were involved in a fight with an unknown number of suspects, police said. Chopper 7 was over the scene, which is not far from Tilden High School.

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At least one suspect pulled out a gun, and shot the boys, police said.

The 12-year-old was shot in the chest, and the 15-year-old was shot in the hip area, CPD said.

One of the boys was able to run away to the back of a nearby barbershop

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