15-year-old boy shot, wounded in Englewood

The boy was in the 5600 block of South Winchester Avenue about 4:30 p.m. when he suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh.

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The 5600 block of South Winchester Avenue.

Sun-Times file

A teen boy was wounded in a shooting Wednesday in West Englewood.

The 15-year-old was in the 5600 block of South Winchester Avenue just before 4:30 p.m. when someone fired shots, striking the boy in the thigh, Chicago police said.

He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said.

No arrests were reported.

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