16-year-old boy grazed by gunfire in Gresham

The teen boy was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

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A 16-year-old boy was shot September 8, 2021 in Gresham.

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A 16-year-old boy was grazed in the leg late Wednesday in Gresham on the South Side.

Paramedics found the teen in the 8900 block of South Lowe Avenue about 11 p.m., police said. He was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

No one was in custody.

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