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Boy, 17, shot during fight in Riverdale

By Sun-Times Wire

A 17-year-old boy was shot during a fight Friday morning in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side.

About 9:25 a.m., officers responded to a call of a disturbance involving a group of people fighting in the 13100 block of South Langley, police said.

Upon arrival, the officers found a 17-year-old boy had suffered a graze wound to the back, police said. He was taken in good condition to Roseland Community Hospital.

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