17-year-old boy grazed in the ear in East Garfield Park shooting

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A 17-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the ear early Thursday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

Shortly before 3:30 a.m., he was walking in the 3000 block of West Jackson when a vehicle approached and a male occupant fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

The boy was taken in good condition to Norwegian American Hospital, police said.

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