16-year-old boy shot in West Pullman, hours after couple wounded a mile away

16-year-old boy shot in West Pullman, hours after couple wounded a mile away
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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A 16-year-old boy was shot Thursday evening in West Pullman on the Far South Side, hours after a couple had been wounded a mile away.

He was in the 12200 block of South Wallace Street when he was shot in the thigh about 6:50 p.m., Chicago police said. He went to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.

About two hours earlier, a man and woman were also shot in West Pullman. They were attacked in the 12800 block of South Parnell Avenue, police said.

The man, 24, was grazed by a bullet on his face and the woman, 18, was grazed by a bullet on her face and chest, police said. The woman was taken to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn in good condition, and the man refused treatment.

A person of interest was taken in for questioning.

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