Girl, 16, shot in head in North Lawndale

About 1:40 a.m., she was in a residential complex in the 1200 block of South Central Park Avenue when she was shot in the head, Chicago police said.

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A teen girl was shot and critically wounded July 5, 2024 on the West Side.

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A 16-year-old girl was shot and critically wounded early Friday in a North Lawndale residential complex on the city’s West Side.

About 1:40 a.m., she was in the 1200 block of South Central Park Avenue when someone shot her in the head, Chicago police said.

She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where she was listed in critical condition, police said.

No one was in custody.

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