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16-year-old boy shot in East Garfield Park

The teen was standing on the sidewalk in the 3900 block of West Van Buren Street when someone inside a black SUV opened fire Sunday night.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
Two men were wounded in a shootout Aug. 24, 2022 on the South Side.

A teen boy was shot July 31, 2022 on the West Side.

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A 16-year-old boy was shot Sunday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

The teen was standing on a sidewalk in the 3900 block of West Van Buren Street when someone inside a black SUV opened fire about 8:35 p.m., Chicago police said.

He was hit several times and was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.

No one was in custody.

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