16-year-old boy critically wounded in West Lawn stabbing

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A 16-year-old boy was stabbed Wednesday afternoon in the West Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The boy was outside about 3:10 p.m. in the 3600 block of West 62nd Street when someone walked up and stabbed him, according to Chicago Police.

The boy suffered a stab wound to his leg and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.

No one was in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

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