A young boy was critically injured Thursday evening in a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The boy, believed to be under 10, was wounded in the 1400 block of East 71st Place around 5:45 p.m., fire officials said.
He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, fire officials said. Chicago police didn’t immediately have information on the shooting.
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