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16-year-old boy shot, critically wounded in Homan Square

By  Luke Wilusz
   
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A teenage boy was critically wounded in a shooting Friday morning in the West Side Homan Square neighborhood.

The 16-year-old was shot in the chest and ankle about 10:30 a.m. in the 3600 block of West Lexington, according to Chicago Police.

He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, police said.

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