17-year-old boy shot in West Englewood

He was transported to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition.

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Four people were hurt in a shooting July 6, 2022, on the Near West Side.

A teen boy was hurt in a shooting Mar. 21, 2022, in West Englewood.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file

A 17-year-old boy was shot Monday evening in West Englewood.

The teen was outside in the 7000 block of South Wood Street when someone shot him in the thigh just after 7 p.m., Chicago police said.

He was transported to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition, police said.

There was no one in custody.

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