News Crime Lawndale

18-year-old man shot in hip in Lawndale

By Jake Wittich

An 18-year-old man was shot Friday evening in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

He was walking about 6:45 p.m. in the 4000 block of West Roosevelt when someone shot him from an approaching black vehicle, according to Chicago Police.

The man was shot in the hip and ran to a home in the 4000 block of West Grenshaw, where he called for medical attention, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

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