6-year-old girl grazed in the arm while sitting on porch with family in West Englewood

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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A 6-year-old girl was grazed by gunfire in a drive-by shooting Tuesday night in West Englewood on the South Side.

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The girl was sitting on a porch with family members in the 6600 block of South Seeley Avenue when a black Dodge Charger passed by and someone inside opened fire at about 9:25 p.m., grazing her twice in the arm, Chicago police said.

She was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition, police said.

Police said one of the adults with the girl may have been the target.

No one was in custody.

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