Boy, 3, grazed in the back while riding in car in Lawndale

Emergency Room

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A 3-year-old boy was grazed in the back Monday afternoon while riding in a car in Lawndale on the West Side.

A 24-year-old woman was driving the car in the 3700 block of West 16th Street when someone fired shots at about 3:55 p.m., Chicago police said.

A bullet grazed the boy in the lower back, police said. The woman drove to Loretto Hospital where the boy was in good condition.

No arrests have been made.

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