Boy, 17, shot in arm in Lawndale

A 17-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood.

The boy was walking about 10:15 p.m. in the 1200 block of South Avers when someone shot him in his arm, according to Chicago Police.

He was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital, where his condition stabilized, police said.

Area Central detectives were investigating the shooting.