8-year-old boy hurt in Lawndale shooting

An 8-year-old boy was shot May, 13, 2021 in Lawndale. | Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times

The boy was shot Thursday in the 4300 block of West 18th Street.

An 8-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Thursday in Lawndale on the West Side.

The boy was in the street about 6 p.m. in the 4300 block of West 18th Street when someone began firing shots, Chicago police said.

He was shot in the knee and was taken in stable condition to Mount Sinai Hospital by citizens at the scene, police said.

The boy was not the intended target, according to police.

This is a developing story.

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