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16-Year-Old Boy Shot In The Back In Woodlawn

(STMW) -- A 16-year-old boy was shot Monday afternoon in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.

The boy was shot in the back about 1:15 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Cottage Grove, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition had stabilized.

A police source said the boy was being uncooperative with investigators, so further details of the shooting were not known.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2015. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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