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Boy, 16, shot in knee in Homan Square on the West Side

By Matthew Hendrickson

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the knee by someone in a passing sport-utility vehicle as he walked home around 1:15 a.m. Saturday in the 3500 block of West Roosevelt Road in Homan Square on the West Side, the police said.

The teenager was being treated at Stroger Hospital.

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