Boy, 13, shot dead while playing basketball

Darius Brown was playing at Metcalfe Park in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday when a shot from a passing car hit him in the neck. He died hours later at Comer Children's Hospital.
Police say they don't believe Darius was the intended target. No arrests have been made and police said they do not have a description of the car.
This is at least the second time in a month that violence has claimed an innocent life in Bronzeville.
In July, barbecue restaurant cook Joshua Hudgins was taking a cigarette break when he was hit in the chest in a drive-by shooting -- just a block east from the park where Darius was killed. Police said they did not believe Hudgins was the target. His killer hasn't been caught.
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