31st CPS student this year murdered

A Chicago Vocational Career Academy sophomore was gunned down as he was returning to his Woodlawn home from a neighborhood store.

Tommie Williams, 18, was walking on the street near 61st and Cottage Grove with several others when he was shot in the upper back around 5 p.m. Thursday, according to police, who said the incident may be gang-related.

Williams had just purchased cigarettes and was coming back home, his mother said. He is the 31st Chicago Public Schools student to die from street violence this year.

Williams was interested in diesel engines and had been planning a career related to cars, his family said Friday.

Lois Williams, 39, said her oldest …