Chicago teen shot in the back, critically wounded on South Side: police

CHICAGO - A 15-year-old boy was critically wounded Friday in a shooting on Chicago's South Side.

Shortly after 4 p.m., police say the teen victim was speaking to an unknown male offender in the 900 block E. 78th Street in the Grand Crossing neighborhood when the offender pulled out a gun and fired two shots.

The teen victim was struck in the middle of the back, police said. He was transported to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition.

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Area Two detectives are investigating. Nobody is in custody.