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Edgewater Shooting Leaves Boy, 16, Critically Wounded, Police Say

August 21, 2016 9:02am | Updated August 21, 2016 9:02am
A 16-year-old boy was in critical condition after being shot multiple times in Edgewater Saturday night.
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Paul Makris

EDGEWATER — A 16-year-old boy was in critical condition after being shot multiple times in Edgewater Saturday night, police said.

At 10:30 p.m., the boy was walking on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of North Hermitage Avenue when two men walked up and shot at him, according to a police incident report.

The boy was taken to St. Francis Hospital, police said. 

No one is in custody, police said.

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