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Boy, 16, wounded in Austin shooting

By Nader Issa

A teenager was shot Friday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

The 16-year-old boy was shot multiple times about 7:55 p.m. while standing on a sidewalk in the first block of South Mayfield, Chicago Police said.

His condition stabilized at Loyola University Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

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