13-year-old boy shot in Gresham, in critical condition

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A 13-year-old boy was critically wounded Monday night in a Gresham neighborhood shooting on the South Side.

About 8:30 p.m., the boy was in the front yard of a home in the 900 block of West 87th Street when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, Chicago Police said.

He was struck in the abdomen and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Area South detectives were investigating.

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