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16-year-old boy wounded in Englewood shooting while taking out the garbage

The teen was taking out the garbage about 8:20 a.m. in the 5700 block of South Bishop Street when three males in a gangway started shooting at each other.

By Sun-Times Wire

A 16-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet September 26, 2021 in Englewood.

A 16-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Sunday morning in Englewood on the South Side.

The teen was taking out the garbage about 8:20 a.m. in the 5700 block of South Bishop Street when three males in a gangway started shooting at each other, Chicago police said.

A stray bullet grazed the teen in the hand and he was taken in good condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.

Area One detectives are investigating.

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