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Shooting leaves 16-year-old boy critically wounded in West Lawn

Teen shot outside West Lawn daycare
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 16-year-old boy was shot and wounded in broad daylight Monday in the West Lawn neighborhood.

At 1:25 p.m., the teen was in a parked car near the Lizneyland Learning Center daycare in the 6000 block of South Pulaski Road, when a Subaru sport-utility vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot him.

The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the torso.

No one was in custody late Monday. Area One detectives are investigating.

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