15-year-old boy shot and killed in Charlottetown.

A shooting early Thursday in Charlottetown has left a teenage boy dead.

Police fielded reports of a shooting in an alley off King Street in the southeast Charlottetown at 10:30 p.m.

The 15-year-old boy, who was found in the passenger seat of a vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

An autopsy on the boy is scheduled for Saturday.