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15-Year-Old Boy Injured In West Side Shooting

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A 15-year-old boy was wounded in the shoulder during a Saturday afternoon shooting in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

The boy was in the 1400 block of North Laramie Avenue -- near LaFollete Park -- when he was shot about 2 p.m., police said.

The teen was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

No one was in custody as Area Central detectives investigated.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2013. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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