15-year-old boy shot in hand in Oakland

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A 15-year-old boy was shot Friday evening in the South Side Oakland neighborhood.

He was standing outside at 5:58 p.m. in the 900 block of East Pershing when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, Chicago Police said.

The boy was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition with a gunshot wound to his hand, police said.

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