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Teen Boy Critically Hurt In South Side Shooting

CHICAGO (STMW) - A teenage boy is in critical condition after being shot in the back Wednesday afternoon on the South Side.

The 14-year-old boy was shot about 6:20 p.m. in the 5800 block of South Wabash Avenue, police said.

The boy was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the lower back.

Wentworth Area detectives are investigating, but nobody is in custody late Wednesday.

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