News Crime Lawndale

Teenage boy shot, seriously wounded in Lawndale

By Jake Wittich

A 16-year-old boy was shot Monday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

He was shot in the back at 11:38 a.m. in the 1600 block of South Drake, according to Chicago Police. Details on the circumstances of the shooting were unknown.

The boy was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital, police said.

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