Washington Park shooting: Boy, 13, shot by stray bullet in home on Calumet

The boy was struck in the thigh and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition, police said.

Chicago police at the scene where a 13-year-old boy was shot May 14, 2020, in Washington Park on the South Side.

A 13-year-old boy was struck by a stray bullet that flew into a Washington Park home early Thursday.

The boy was indoors about 1:35 a.m. when gunfire erupted outside, sending at least one bullet into the home on South Calumet Avenue, Chicago police said.

The boy was struck in the thigh and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition, police said.

No one is in custody as Area Three detectives investigate.

Last week, a 19-year-old woman was struck by stray gunfire inside an Englewood home.

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The boy was struck in the thigh and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition, police said.