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15-Year-Old Girl Shot On NW Side

CHICAGO (STMW) - A 15-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting in the Northwest Side Hermosa neighborhood Saturday afternoon.

Police did not have many details on the shooting yet, but it happened on the 2000 block of North Kostner Avenue about 12:25 p.m., according to police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.

The victim, a 15-year-old girl, suffered a gunshot wound to the upper right leg, Kubiak said.

She was taken to Childen's Memorial Hospital and her condition was stable, Kubiak said.

Grand Central Area detectives are investiagting.

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