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Back Of The Yards Shooting Wounds Boy, 15, Police Say

July 14, 2016 8:18am | Updated July 15, 2016 11:31am

CHICAGO — A shooting Wednesday night in Back of the Yards left a 15-year-old boy wounded, police said.

At 8 p.m., the teen was in the 4800 block of South Laflin Street when a man fired shots at him, said Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police spokesman.

The teen was hit in the lower right leg. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was not released but he was listed as "stable," Estrada said.

No one was in custody.

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