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15-Year-Old Girl Shot in Archer Heights While Sitting In Car, Police Say

April 30, 2016 10:25am | Updated April 30, 2016 10:25am

CHICAGO — A 15-year-old girl was shot in Archer Heights while sitting in a car on Friday afternoon, police said.

At 4 p.m., the girl was in a parked car with another person in the 5100 block of South Kolin Avenue when someone walked up and fired shots at them, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The girl was hit in her back and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Her condition was not released but she was listed as "stable," Sedevic said.

The other person in the car is a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody in the shooting.

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