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15-year-old shot in leg while walking in East Side neighborhood

The boy was attacked in the 9700 block of South Ewing Avenue Monday night.

By Sun-Times Wire

A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg Monday night in the East Side neighborhood.

He was attacked while walking in the 9700 block of South Ewing Avenue about 8:15 p.m., Chicago police said.

The boy was taken in good condition to Comer Children’s Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said.

No arrests were reported.

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