Hyde Park Academy Student Eric Billups Identified as Teen Killed in Woodlawn Shooting

Vigil honors 16-year-old student shot, killed at South Side bus stop near YMCA; another teen hurt

The slain 16-year-old boy's mother was surrounded by loved ones who gathered outside a South Side YMCA with silver and black balloons to honor the late Hyde Park Academy sophomore student.

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Hyde Park Academy student Eric Billups identified as teen killed in Woodlawn shooting

Hyde Park Academy student Eric Billups has been identified as the teen killed in a Woodlawn shooting Wednesday afternoon. He is the third student to die unexpectedly in less than a month.

Teen Killed, Another Shot Near Hyde Park Academy; School's 3rd Student To Be Killed In A Month

Eric Billups, 16, was shot and killed Wednesday at a bus stop a block from the school, while another classmate was wounded. Two teens from the school were killed in separate hit-and-runs last month.

Hyde Park Academy student was killed in shooting that stemmed from earlier dispute, police say

Sixteen-year-old Eric Billups was fatally shot in an attack that left a Hyde Park Academy High School classmate wounded after the shooter and Billups, who had quarreled earlier, made plans to fight each other after school Wednesday, according to a Chicago police report. When school dismissed, Eric and a 16-year-old girl were waiting at a bus stop in the 6300 block of South Stony Island Avenue around 3:25 p.m., police said. "The offender confront…

Deadly shooting of Hyde Park Academy student stemmed from earlier fight with fellow student: police

The shooting that killed sixteen-year-old Hyde Park Academy student Eric Billups and left another student hospitalized on Wednesday came after an earlier fight between Billups and the shooter, police said. Shots rang out around 3:23 p.m. on Wednesday, just after Hyde Park Academy High School students were dismissed from class for the day. Billups and a 16-year-old girl were standing outside at a bus stop on the 6300 block of South Stony Island A…