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Boy, 17, grazed in Little Italy shooting

He suffered a graze wound to the left side of his rib cage and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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A man was critically wounded in a shooting July 17, 2021, in the Loop.

A 17-year-old boy suffered a graze wound in a shooting June 20, 2020, in Little Italy.

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A teenage boy was grazed by a bullet Saturday in Little Italy on the Near West Side.

The 17-year-old was driving about 12:45 a.m. on South Loomis Street when a gold sedan approached and he felt pain, according to Chicago police.

He suffered a graze wound to the left side of his rib cage and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

No one is in custody as Area Three detectives investigate.

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