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Boy, 14, wounded in Douglas shooting

A 14-year-old boy was shot and wounded Wednesday in Douglas.

The boy was in the street in the 300 block of East 37th Street about 3:20 p.m. when someone approached him and fired shots, Chicago police said.

He suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to Insight Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition, police said.

The shooting happened a block from Ida B. Wells Preparatory Elementary School and two blocks from Wendell Phillips Academy High School.

No one is in custody, and Area 1 detectives are investigating.

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