Boy, 17, Critically Wounded In North Lawndale Shooting

(STMW) -- A teenage boy was critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

The 17-year-old was shot in the left arm and right leg in the 1500 block of South Ridgeway at 2:25 p.m., police said.

He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital.

Details on the circumstances of the shooting were not immediately available.

(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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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