16-year-old boy suffers graze wound in Oakland

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A 16-year-old boy was shot Saturday in the Oakland neighborhood on the South Side.

The boy was walking through an alley about 9:45 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Berkeley, when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.

He suffered a graze wound to the leg and was taken in good condition to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, police said.

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