It happened just before 12:15 p.m. at a convenience store in the 600 block of South Alston Avenue.
Officers responded to that area and were told a gunshot victim had been taken to a hospital. The boy died at the hospital. His age was not immediately released.
The shooting remains under investigation. Investigators remained on the scene hours after the incident happened.
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