Boy, 12, shot in chest on Chicago's West Side: police

CHICAGO - A 12-year-old boy was shot and seriously wounded in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood Friday night.

Around 8:35 p.m., police say the child victim was walking on the sidewalk in the 900 block of South Albany Avenue when an occupant in a gray sedan fired shots.

The 12-year-old was struck in the chest by gunfire, police said. He was taken by CFD ambulance to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.