DNAinfo/Erica Demarest
CHICAGO — A 12-year-old boy was seriously wounded when he was shot Wednesday night in Austin, police said.
At 6:13 p.m., the boy was walking in the 5900 block of West North Avenue when he was shot in the back and armpit, said Officer Stacey Cooper, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.
A family drove the boy to West Suburban Hospital and he was later transferred to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition, Cooper said.
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