Lawndale block party shooting leaves 4 wounded, including 13-year-old boy

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Sunday, August 5, 2018
4 wounded in Lawndale block party shooting
Four people, including a 13-year-old boy, were wounded in a shooting at a block party in the Lawndale neighborhood Sunday morning, police said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Four people, including a 13-year-old boy, were wounded in a shooting at a block party in the Lawndale neighborhood Sunday morning, police said.

Police said two gunmen got out of a white Impala and fired into a crowd at the block party in the 1600-block of South Avers Avenue at about 12:02 a.m.

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A 13-year-old boy was shot twice in the arm and is hospitalized in stable condition, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the buttock and hospitalized in stable condition, a 25-year-old man was shot in the leg and hospitalized in stable condition and a 17-year-old girl suffered graze wounds to the arm and knee and is hospitalized in stable condition.

No one is in custody. Area Central detectives are investigating.

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Later Sunday morning in the same neighborhood, a teenage girl was killed and five people wounded. Police said at least 30 people have been shot Sunday.