A 6-year-old boy was shot in the back on Wednesday afternoon on the city’s South Side, officials said.
An “unknown offender” shot the boy about 2:20 p.m. in an apartment in the 6100 block of South Vernon Avenue in the city’s West Woodlawn neighborhood, according to Chicago police.
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A relative flagged someone down and the boy was taken privately to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was undergoing surgery, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
Police said he was in critical condition.
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