Pregnant woman among 3 shot in Chicago Lawn

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Three people, including a pregnant woman, were found with gunshot wounds Wednesday afternoon in an alley in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

A 15-year-old boy was shot in the right arm, a 21-year-old woman in the right foot and a 26-year-old man in the right ankle at 12:45 p.m. in an alley in the 6900 block of South Western Avenue, according to Chicago Police.

The 26-year-old was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and the others were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. The woman is pregnant, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

All three of their conditions were stabilized, authorities said.

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