Eric Casique: Boy who was shot and killed in Prospect Heights identified

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Illinois - A 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed Friday afternoon in northwest suburban Prospect Heights has been identified.

Eric Casique was shot in the chest about 3:15 p.m. in the 500 block of Piper Lane, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived about two blocks away.

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He died about a half-hour later, according to the medical examiner’s office, which ruled the boy’s death a homicide.

Further information about the shooting was not available.