Girl, 7, shot in Brighton Park apartment

She was hit in the foot and shin by gunfire that came through an apartment window, police said.

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The 13-year-old was shot in the abdomen.

The child’s condition was stabilized at Stroger Hospital, police said.

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A 7-year-old girl was wounded by gunfire inside of a home in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. 

About 2:35 a.m., the child was inside an apartment in the 4300 block of South Fairfield Avenue when bullets came flying through the front window, Chicago police said. She was hit in the foot and shin. 

The child was taken to Stroger Hospital where her condition was stabilized, police said. 

Police said she wasn’t the intended target of the shooting. 

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate. 

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