News Crime West Garfield Park

Boy, 16, shot in West Garfield Park

By Luke Wilusz

A teenage boy was wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

The 16-year-old was shot in the leg at 1:28 p.m. in the 4200 block of West Jackson, according to Chicago Police.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said. Further details were not immediately available.

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