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Paramedics thought teen was dead, but he was still alive. He died the next day, medical examiner says
The Chicago Tribune reported Carey was under the sheet for at least an hour before paramedics learned he was still alive. Police were unable to say how long he had been lying there, a spokesman said during a news conference, but his injuries were described as "catastrophic."
hicago first responders said they were investigating how a 17-year-old boy was mistaken for dead and covered with a body sheet before bystanders saw him moving around. Erin Carey was pronounced dead 20 hours later, after the Near West Side party shooting.
The teen was shot several times in the head as he stood near five others who were wounded by what police said was potentially MAC-10 submachine gun fire early Monday morning. Police said the shots rang out in a University Village neighborhood near the U of I-Chicago campus. Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago told CBS News investigators were trying to figure out why first responders didn’t notice Carey was still alive under the sheet at the scene. Paramedics were treating several of the other victims at the scene when Carey's limbs began twitching.
Chicago shooting victim started moving under sheet after police mistakenly believed he was dead