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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.
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.
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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.

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