17-year-old boy shot in Humboldt Park shows up at hospital

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A 17-year-old boy showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound after he was caught in gunfire Wednesday morning in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood.

The teenager was shot in the 1000 block of North Ridgeway about 9:40 a.m., according to Chicago Police.

He showed up at Norwegian American Hospital with a gunshot wound to the right arm, police said.

He told investigators he was walking when two males exchanged gunfire and he was hit.

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