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3 wounded in West Englewood shooting

All the victims were in good or fair condition, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A teenage boy was shot July 16, 2020, in the 1500 block of South Lawndale Avenue. — Three people were shot June 4, 2020, in West Englewood.

Three people were shot Thursday in West Englewood on the South Side.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 6:40 p.m. found a 29-year-old woman who had been shot in the 2000 block of West 69th Place, Chicago police said. She was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition with a gunshot wound to her shin.

Two men who had been shot in the area showed up to the same hospital shortly after, police said. One man, 20, was struck in the shoulder while the other, 23, was struck in the thigh. Both were in fair condition.

None of the victims were cooperating with investigators, police said.

Area One detectives are investigating.

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