Crime News Metro/State

Teen shot in Roseland

A 14-year-old boy was struck in the leg and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting March 22, 2021, in Bronzeville. — A teenage boy was shot Aug. 5, 2020, in the first block of East 102nd Street.

A 14-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Wednesday in Roseland on the South Side.

He was walking on the sidewalk with a group of people about 9:41 p.m in the first block of East 102nd Street when someone in a vehicle opened fire, Chicago police said.

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

Area Two detectives are investigating.

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