Boy, 12, shot at park on Chicago's South Side

CHICAGO - A 12-year-old boy was shot at a park Friday in Woodlawn on the South Side.

He was standing with a group of males about 8:10 p.m. in the 6400 block of South Ellis Avenue when he was shot in the leg, Chicago police said. The Mamie Till-Mobley Park is in the same block.

The boy was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition, police said.

According to the Chicago Fire Department, the boy is the son of a firefighter who works on Chicago's South Side.

No arrests have been made as Area One detectives investigate.