Crime News Metro/State

15-year-old boy shot in Cragin

The teen was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Two teenagers were shot Sept. 6 2022, in Calumet Heights. — A teenage boy was shot May 9, 2022, in Cragin.

A 15-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Monday in Cragin on the Northwest Side.

He was near the street about 4 p.m. in the 5300 block of West School Street when someone opened fire, striking him in the lower back, Chicago police said.

The teen was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition, police said.

No arrests have been reported. Area detectives are investigating.

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