14-year-old boy wounded in Gresham shooting

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A 14-year-old boy was shot Saturday evening in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.

He was walking about 6:30 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Sangamon when he passed a group of males, one of whom fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the right wrist and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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