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17-year-old boy shot, wounded in East Garfield Park

By Sun-Times Wire

A 17-year-old boy was shot and wounded by someone who drove up as he stood on a street corner in the 3300 block of West Flournoy Street in East Garfield Park around 3 p.m. Saturday, according to the police, who said he was shot in the abdomen and was being treated at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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