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Chicago Crime: Boy, 13, Shot, Injured On SW Side, Police Say
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 11, 7:01 AM CDT
updated Oct 18, 11:09 AM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WFLD, WMAQ-TV and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Chicago crime: Boy, 13, shot, injured on SW Side, police say · WFLDOct 11, 7:01 AM CDT
12-year-old boy shot near park on Chicago's Near West Side: Police · WMAQ-TVOct 13, 3:25 PM CDT
Boy, 15, killed in Far South Side shooting, Chicago police say · WLS-TVOct 16, 2:53 PM CDT
16-year-old boy was shot in the back in South Chicago · Chicago Sun-TimesOct 18, 11:09 AM CDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 11, 7:53 AM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 13, 9:28 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.