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17-year-old boy wounded in East Garfield Park shooting

By  Alexandra Kukulka
   
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A 17-year-old boy was shot Thursday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

The boy was shot in the left leg in the 2800 block of West Madison Street at 7:40 p.m., police said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

Police believe this was a possible drive-by-shooting.

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