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Boy, 16, shot in Trumbull Park

He was hit in the back and hospitalized in good condition, police said.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Two people were shot, one fatally, May 2, 2021, in Humboldt Park.

A 16-year-old boy was hurt in a shooting Sept. 18, 2020, in Trumbull Park.

Sun-Times file

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the back Friday in Trumbull Park on the South Side.

He was on the sidewalk about 4 p.m. in the 10600 block of South Bensley Avenue when someone approached him and fired shots, Chicago police said. The teen was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition.

No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate.

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