Boy, 17, shot in Marquette Park alley

The boy, who was grazed his right arm twice, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, police said.

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A man was fatally shot May 31, 2020, in South Austin on the West Side.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in an alley Jan. 22, 2020, in the 2600 block of West 64th Street in Marquette Park.

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A teenage boy was wounded in a shooting Wednesday in Marquette Park on the Southwest Side.

The 17-year-old was in an alley at 1:24 p.m. behind a home in the 2600 block of West 64th Street when two males walked up and one of them fired shots, according to Chicago police.

The boy, who was grazed his right arm twice, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, police said.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

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