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A 17-year-old boy was shot Tuesday evening in Gresham on the South Side.
The boy was on the sidewalk about 6:50 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Aberdeen Street when a person approached and fired shots, Chicago police.
He suffered a gunshot wound to the left arm and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said.
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Twelve people were shot Tuesday in Chicago including a 20-year-old man who was shot in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side.
About 11:50 p.m., he was on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of South Troy Street, when he heard shots and felt a pain, Chicago police said. He was struck in the right hand, grazed by a bullet on his head, and brought to Christ Medical Center in good condition.
A man was hurt in a shooting in West Lawn on the Southwest Side. He was on the sidewalk about 9:30 p.m. in the 3800 block of West 64th Street, when someone fired shots from a black sedan, police said. The 30-year-old was grazed in the head and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition.
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Medical experts say gun violence is a public health crisis By: Adina Genn April 14, 2021 Comments Off on Medical experts say gun violence is a public health crisis
A number of healthcare networks are joining Northwell Health in recognizing gun violence as a public health crisis. In a new interactive forum, they aim to bring about best practices to prevent firearm injury and death, and leave politics out of their discussions.
The forum is part of Northwell’s recently launched Gun Violence Prevention Learning Collaborative for Health Systems and Hospitals.
Joining the initiative are more than 300 representatives from CommonSpirit Health, University of Chicago Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Medical Center, and other hospitals and health systems. Representatives from these organizations include executives, clinical leaders, researchers and other health care work
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