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Boy, 17, Among Two Wounded in Daytime Shootings Thursday

By Alex Parker | December 18, 2014 4:10pm | Updated on December 18, 2014 7:40pm

CHICAGO — Two people were wounded, including a 17-year-old boy, in separate shootings on the West and South sides during daylight hours Thurday.

Most recently, police said a 17-year-old boy was shot in South Shore.

The boy was shot in the arm and torso in the 2300 block of East 75th Street about 3:15 p.m., police said.

He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said. No more information was available. Police said the victim is a documented gang member.

Earlier at 10:53 a.m., someone shot a man, 23, in the 3400 block of West Monroe Street in East Garfield Park, striking him in both of his legs, according to Officer Thomas Sweeney, a Chicago police spokesman.

His condition had stabilized after being taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, Sweeney said.

Police said the boy is a documented gang member, and that he was "uncooperative."

No one is in custody.

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