Updated
Updated · WLS-TV · Jun 21
Motorbike Suspects Shoot 17-Year-Old in Chicago, Leaving Him in Critical Condition
Updated
Updated · WLS-TV · Jun 21

Motorbike Suspects Shoot 17-Year-Old in Chicago, Leaving Him in Critical Condition

3 articles · Updated · WLS-TV · Jun 21

Summary

  • A 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest around 4:08 a.m. Sunday in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood and was hospitalized in critical condition.
  • Chicago police said the teen was inside a vehicle in the 4700 block of South Rockwell Street when two suspects approached on a motorbike and opened fire.
  • The victim was taken to the University of Chicago hospital, and police released no further details on the suspects or a possible motive.

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