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Boy, 16, shot in Chicago Lawn

By  Sam Charles
   
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A 16-year-old boy was shot in the finger in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Monday night.

About 8:15 p.m., the teen was walking in the 2500 block of West 73rd Street when an SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, police said.

The teen was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, police said.

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