Southwest Side teen shot in face

A teenage boy was shot in the face Friday night in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood.

Police responded at 7:24 p.m. to a reported shooting in the 4400 block of South Whipple Street and found a teenage boy with a gunshot wound to the face, said police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala, who was citing preliminary information.

The boy, whose age was unavailable, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in an unidentified condition.

Circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately known.

Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.

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