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17-year-old shot, wounded on the South Side

By Sun-Times Wire

A teenage boy was wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.

The 17-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 7600 block of South South Chicago Avenue around 1:40 p.m. when someone in a green car fired shots at him, according to Chicago Police. He was shot multiple times in the back, shoulder and buttocks.

He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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