Police: Boy, 13, may have shot himself in Marquette Park

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A 13-year-old boy may have shot himself Saturday morning in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh about 11 a.m. in the 7200 block of South Campbell, police said.

He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was listed in good condition, police said.

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