Chicago crime: 16-year-old boy shot in the eye, critically wounded in Woodlawn

CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday evening in Woodlawn on the South Side.

The teen boy in the 1400 block of East 62nd Street about 4:15 pm. when someone entered the home and opened fire, Chicago police said.

He was shot in the face — specifically his left eye — and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.