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13-year-old boy wounded in West Englewood shooting

The boy was walking in the 6800 block of South Wolcott Avenue when two people came out of a gangway and fired shots.

By Sun-Times Wire

A 13-year old boy was wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in West Englewood on the South Side.

The boy was walking in the 6800 block of South Wolcott Avenue when two people came out of a gangway and fired shots, Chicago police said.

He was struck in the leg and abdomen and was taken to Comer’s Children Hospital in fair condition, police said.

No one was in custody.

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