Boy, 14, shot at Columbus Park in Austin

The boy was shot twice in the thigh and was hospitalized in critical condition.


A teenage boy was critically wounded Tuesday while walking through a park in Austin.The 14-year-old was walking in Columbus Park in the 500 block of South Central Avenue about 8:50 p.m. when shots were fired, Chicago police said.The boy suffered two gunshot wounds to a thigh and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.No arrests were reported.

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