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16-year-old girl critically wounded in Lawndale double shooting

A 46-year-old man was also shot and was listed in serious condition, Chicago police said.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Chicago police work the scene where two people were shot including a 16-year-old girl who is in critical condition, in the Lawndale neighborhood, Sunday, June 13, 2021. A 46-year-old man was also wounded.

Chicago police work the scene where two people were shot including a 16-year-old girl who is in critical condition, in the Lawndale neighborhood, Sunday, June 13, 2021. A 46-year-old man was also wounded.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A 16-year-old girl was listed in critical condition after a shooting Sunday night in Lawndale that also left a 46-year-old man seriously wounded.

The man and the teen were outside in the 3900 block of West 13th Street when they were shot about 11:20 p.m., Chicago police said.

The teen suffered three gunshot wounds and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said.

The man was struck in the buttocks and lower back and taken to the same hospital in serious condition, police said.

Chicago police work the scene where two people were shot including a 16-year-old girl who is in critical condition, in the Lawndale neighborhood, Sunday, June 13, 2021. A 46-year-old man was also wounded.

Chicago police work the scene where two people were shot including a 16-year-old girl who is in critical condition, in the Lawndale neighborhood, Sunday, June 13, 2021. A 46-year-old man was also wounded.

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Witnesses told officers they saw a male fleeing the scene of the shooting, according to police.

No one was in custody.

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