Boy and girl, both 15, shot in front of South Shore home

The teens were on the porch of a house on the 7600 block of South Marquette Avenue when someone opened fire Tuesday night, police said.

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A boy and a girl, both 15, were shot Tuesday evening in front of a South Shore home on the Far South Side.

The teens were on the porch of the house in the 7600 block of South Marquette Avenue when someone opened fire about 6:30 p.m., Chicago police said.

The boy was struck in the buttocks, and the girl in the left hand, police said.

Both were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition, officials said.

No one was in custody.

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