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Boy, 17, shot in the back in Bronzeville

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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A teenage boy was wounded by gunfire Saturday morning in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.

At 1:40 a.m., the 17-year-old was shot in the back in the 4100 block of South Prairie, according to Chicago police. Someone he knew fired at him after driving over in a blue sedan.

The teen was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized. No one is in custody.

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