South Shore shooting: Boy, 17, shot at Amstar gas station on East 75th Street

He was shot in the abdomen and chest, police said.

A 17-year-old boy was shot April 20, 2020, at a gas station in the 2300 block of East 75th Street in South Shore.

A 17-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Monday in South Shore on the South Side.

He was sitting in a vehicle about 12:30 p.m. at a gas station in the 2300 block of East 75th Street when a male walked up and opened fire, Chicago police said.

Amstar is the only gas station on that block.

The teen was struck in the chest, abdomen and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

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He was shot in the abdomen and chest, police said.