The kid was 9 years old! This crime will be forgotten by Friday.

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CHICAGO (FOX 32 News / STMW) - A 9-year-old boy was fatally shot Monday afternoon in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.

He was shot in the head and back in the 8000 block of South Damen at 4:15 p.m., according to Chicago Police and Chicago Fire Media.

"This point it is unclear if this was a targeted for a tragic case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. At this time we do not have concrete motive but we will be working around the clock find out more," said Chief of Detectives Dean Andrews.

9-year-old boy fatally shot in Auburn Gresham

Ambulances responded to the scene, but the boy was dead by the time they arrived, authorities said.

Andrew Holmes, a crisis responder for Chicago Survivors, said the boy was student at Scott Joplin Elementary School. He said the boy was shot “multiple times.”

Holmes said the boy’s traumatized mother is in a hospital.

On Monday night, police were searching the alley where the boy was shot and looking for any evidence that that they could connect to whoever fired the shots.

Police say an unknown number of people had gathered in the alley when an argument broke out, and then someone started shooting.

"When you shoot an 8-year-old multiple times, that's execution style, that's not a spray bullet, that's not a drive-by...what the hell is wrong with you? Who are you? What are you?" said Father Michael Pfleger.

"This child should be in classroom tomorrow, the perpetrators who discharged this weapon shouldn't have no bed to sleep in tonight," said community activist Andrew Holmes.

People who live in the area say the Gresham neighborhood is fairly safe, but that they have seen an uptick in violence this year.

There is also concern that this could lead to retaliatory shootings, leaving others unsafe. FOX 32 talked to a mother and her 8-year-old son about their concerns after this kind of violence.

"It's sad, it's really sad out here. And people can look on the news and say it's sad all the time but it's heartfelt when you do it, because look at my face, look at his, it is, it's sad," said Tamieka Wright.

"It's a cruel community out here and I wish that it would stop killing and make peace with the world," said 8-year-old Brian White.

Neighbors said the boy lived with his grandmother, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 20 years.

The grandmother said he may have been coming from the elementary school where he attended, heading towards her house on 80th Place where he kept his basketball. There is a park nearby and he may of been headed there to play, she said.

However, tragically, he never made it.

Community activists are offering a reward totaling $6,000 and hoping someone comes forward with information that helps police catch the killer quickly.