Crime News Chicago

Teen boy wounded in drive-by in Roseland

About 5:40 a.m. he was on the street in the 300 block of West 107th Street, when someone in a passing vehicle fired shots at him.

By Sun-Times Wire

Joshua Stokes, 18, was found shot to death on in Austin. — A 17-year-old boy was wounded in a drive-by Oct. 11, 2020, in the 300 block of West 107th Street.

A 17-year-old boy was wounded Sunday in a drive-by in Roseland on the Far South Side.

About 5:40 a.m. he was on the street in the 300 block of West 107th Street, when someone in a passing vehicle fired shots at him, Chicago police said.

He was struck three times in the left leg and taken to Trinity Hospital where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Area Two detectives are investigating the shooting.

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