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Teen shot in Back of the Yards

By Sun-Times Wire

Police tape at an armored car robbery. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

A 16-year-old boy was shot Sunday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

The boy was shot in the leg about 2 p.m. in the 5400 block of South Bishop, according to Chicago Police.

He was taken to Comers Children’s Hospital in fair condition, police said.

The circumstances of the shooting weren’t immediately known.

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