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Boy, 17, wounded in Little Village shooting

By  Sun-Times staff
   
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A 17-year-old boy was shot in the Little Village neighborhood Monday night.

About 9:25 p.m., the teen was walking with another male in the 2600 block of South St. Louis when another male got out of a black SUV and started shooting, police said.

The teen was shot in the lower left leg and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said.

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