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Shootings Wound 4, Including 15-Year-Old Boy, Since Monday, Police Say

By Dong Jin Oh | December 20, 2016 8:25am
 Shootings have left four people wounded since Monday, police said.
Shootings have left four people wounded since Monday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have left four people wounded since Monday, police said.

• At 7:33 p.m. Monday, a 16-year-old boy was shot in Austin, police said.

He was walking in the 1300 block of North Latrobe Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.

He was hit in his leg and took himself to West Suburban Hospital in stable condition, police said.

• At 4:01 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in Back of the Yards, police said.

He was found seriously wounded outside in the 4800 block of South Ada Street, police said.

He was hit in his stomach and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition, police said.

• At 1:46 p.m., a 25-year-old man was shot on the Near West Side, police said.

He was a passenger in a vehicle in the 2500 block of West Adams Street when someone walked up to the car and talked to him before firing shots, police said. The shooter then fled.

The 25-year-old was hit in his left thigh and took himself to Rush University Medical Center, where he was transferred to Stroger Hospital in stable condition, police said.

• At 12:32 p.m., a 28-year-old man was shot in Austin, police said.

No one was in custody.

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