Boy, 16, man, 28, wounded in South Shore shooting

They were outside in the 2000 block of East 71st Street when someone passing in a dark-colored sedan shot and hit them, according to the Chicago Police Department.

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A teenage boy and a man were shot and wounded Saturday morning on the South Side.

Sun-Times file

A 16-year-old boy and a 28-year-old man were wounded in a shooting just before noon Saturday in South Shore.

They were outside in the 2000 block of East 71st Street when someone passing in a dark-colored sedan shot and hit them, according to the Chicago Police Department.

The police said the boy was treated at Comer Children’s Hospital for a leg wound, and the man, shot in his right arm and abdomen, was in serious condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

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