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Police: 2 Teens Shot, 1 Fatally, In Lawndale

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 16-year-old boy was killed and a 16-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting Sunday evening in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood.

The two teenagers were in a gangway about 6:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of South St. Louis when someone fired shots at them from a passing gray car, according to Chicago Police.

Daishawn Moore, 16, was shot in the back and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 6:41 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. He lived in the same neighborhood as where the shooting happened.

The 16-year-old girl suffered a graze wound to the back and was also taken to Mount Sinai, police said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2016. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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