2 teens wounded in South Shore drive-by shooting

The boys, 17, were shot about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday while walking in the 7800 block of South Bennett Avenue.

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Two people were shot, one fatally, July 24, 2021, in Gage Park.

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Two teenage boys were wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the South Shore neighborhood.

The boys, 17, were walking on a sidewalk about 7:50 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Bennett Avenue when someone in a vehicle opened fire, Chicago police said.

Both boys were dropped off at Comer Children’s Hospital, where one of them was listed in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the back and the other in fair condition after being shot in the shoulder, police said.

No arrests were reported.

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