14-year-old boy shot on front porch of home in East Garfield Park

He was attacked by two people on bicycles in the 300 block of North Francisco Avenue, Chicago police said.

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A 14-year-old boy was shot Tuesday night on the West Side.

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A 14-year old boy was shot on the front porch of a home in East Garfield Park on the West Side Tuesday night.

The teen was attacked around 8 p.m. in the 300 block of North Francisco Avenue by two people on bicycles who shot him in the arm, Chicago police said.

He was taken to Norwegian Hospital in good condition, police said.

No one was in custody.

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