19-year-old woman shot in West Garfield Park

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A 19-year-old woman was shot Sunday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

About 10:30 a.m., the woman was shot in the left leg in the 4500 block of West Jackson Boulevard, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.

She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized, police said.

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