Woman and 17-year-old girl shot in Englewood

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A woman and a teenage girl were wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

It happened around 4:15 p.m. when a group of people opened fire in the 6000 block of South Halsted, according to Chicago Police.

The 17-year-old girl was shot in the abdomen and the 23-year-old woman was shot in the hand, police said. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital, where the girl was in critical condition. The woman’s condition was stabilized.

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