
Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune
Chicago police investigate the scene of a shooting in the 8500 block of South Hoyne Avenue in Chicago. A 16-year-old victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A 17-year-old boy was shot and seriously wounded in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side this afternoon, according to police and the Chicago Fire Department.
Someone in a passing vehicle opened fire and shot the 17-year-old boy in the arm and torso in the 2100 block of West 85th Street, according to police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.
About 2 p.m. paramedics responded and took the victim, who Chicago Fire Department spokesman Kevin MacGregor said was under age 16, to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition.




