Teen boy charged in Chicago shooting that seriously injured 16-year-old girl on SW Side: police

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 17-year-old boy has been accused of shooting and seriously injuring a 16-year-old girl last week in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, Chicago police said.

The boy has been charged with aggravated battery and unlawful use of a weapon in the shooting, police said.

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CPD said the boy was arrested Monday in Chicago, after being identified as the person who shot the girl in the 2200-block of South Sawyer Avenue on Sept. 7.

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The girl was hit in the back, police said.

She was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition.

The suspect is due in court Tuesday.

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