Police investigate a shooting about 12 a.m. Saturday, August 18, 2018 in the 6800 block of South Hoyne Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

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Teen at home shot from outside in West Englewood

By David Struett

A 15-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Friday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

About 11:50 p.m., the teen was sitting inside a home in the 2000 block of West 68th Street when he gunfire outside, Chicago police said. A bullet went through a window and struck the boy in his chest.

He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition, police said.

Area South detectives were investigating the shooting.

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