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Boy, 17, wounded in drive-by shooting in Lawndale

The teen was inside a car in the 2300 block of South Kostner Avenue Sunday afternoon when another car drove by and someone inside fired shots.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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A 17-year-old boy was shot March 27, 2022 in Lawndale.

Sun-Times file

A 17-year-old boy was wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday afternoon in Lawndale on the West Side.

The teen was inside a car in the 2300 block of South Kostner Avenue when another car drove by and someone inside fired shots about 5:15 p.m., Chicago police said.

He was struck in the knee and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

No arrests were made.

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