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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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David Struett

Boy, 15, shot in Grand Crossing

A teen was shot June 29, 2020, in the 7100 block of South University Avenue. | Google Maps

A teenage boy was shot and wounded Monday afternoon in Grand Crossing on the South Side.

The 15-year-old was shot in the abdomen and arm about 2:25 p.m. on the street in the 7100 block of South University Avenue, Chicago police said.

Paramedics took him from the 1000 block of East 73rd Street to Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said.

Merritt initially said the teen was seriously wounded, but police later said he was in good condition.

The shooting came just hours after a violent weekend that left 18 people dead, three of them children.

Lina Nunez, 10, was killed Saturday night when a bullet entered her home in Logan Square and struck her in the head.

On Saturday morning, 17-year-old Antiwon Douglas was shot and killed in an altercation in Humboldt Park.

Then, hours later, 1-year-old Sincere Gaston was shot to death and his mother was wounded as she drove home from a laundromat in Englewood.

Earlier Monday, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said he would deploy 1,200 additional officers on the street during the upcoming Fourth of July weekend.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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