17-year-old girl grazed in Brighton Park shooting

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A 17-year-old girl was hurt in a shooting Wednesday night in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The girl had just gotten out of a vehicle about 8:30 p.m. in the 3800 block of South Spaulding when a male walked up to the group she was with and fired shots, Chicago Police said.

She suffered a graze wound to her ear and declined medical attention, police said.

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