Teen shot in West Pullman

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A teenage boy was wounded in a shooting Sunday evening in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Just after 5 p.m., the 17-year-old was walking through an alley in the 12400 block of South Union Avenue when two male gunman approached him and fired shots, according to Chicago police.

He was struck in his leg and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition stabilized, police said.

Area South detectives were investigating the shooting.

Police initially said the shooting happened in the 12300 block of South Normal Avenue.

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