4 shot — 3 seriously wounded — in West Englewood

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6500 block of South Claremont | Google Maps

Four people were wounded, three seriously, in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

They were shot at 2:33 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Claremont, according to Chicago Police.

An 18-year-old man was grazed in the lower back and lower leg and refused medical treatment, police said.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was in serious condition. An 18-year-old man was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his lower left leg. Another 18-year-old man was shot twice in the buttocks and once in the lower left leg, and he was in serious condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

More details weren’t provided.

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