Teenage boy wounded in Sheridan Park shooting

A 15-year-old boy was shot late Monday in the Sheridan Park neighborhood on the North Side.

At 11:21 p.m., the boy was standing on the sidewalk with several other people in the 4500 block of North Malden when a male walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

The boy was shot in the right leg and taken to Thorek Memorial Hospital, police said. He was transferred to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where his condition was stabilized.