Boy, 10 shot in chest inside home on Chicago's South Side
The boy was in a house in the 1100 block of East 91st Street, near University Avenue, when he was shot in the chest by three people who fired from outside the house, police said.
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The boy was in a house in the 1100 block of East 91st Street, near University Avenue, when he was shot in the chest by three people who fired from outside the house, police said.
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