3 teens shot in 5 hour span on South Side, 1 fatally: CPD

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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Street violence this weekend in Chicago included the shootings of three teenagers.

One teen is dead, two wounded in separate incidents.

In Burnside, a 14-year-old was shot in a drive-by just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday, near 94th and South University Avenue. Police said the boy is at Comer Children’s with a gunshot to the groin.

Also on the South Side, a 16-year-old boy was killed in a shooting late Sunday afternoon, a little after 4 p.m., near 131st and Lawrence. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died.

No one was in custody.

About 45 minutes earlier, a 17-year-old boy was shot three blocks away on Langley. Police said he suffered a leg wound and is in good condition at the University of Chicago Medical center.

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