Teen charged in South Side shooting of 14-year-old

A teenage boy was charged with shooting another teen near a school in the Bronzeville neighborhood earlier this month.

Chicago police said the 17-year-old was arrested in the 3500 block of South Rhodes Avenue on Wednesday. He was then charged with one felony count of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of aggravated battery with the discharge of a firearm.

The teen was identified as the suspect who shot and wounded the victim, a 14-year-old boy, on May 7, just before 3:30 p.m. in the 200 block of East Pershing Road. The shooting happened during dismissal right by Ida B. Wells Preparatory Elementary School and Wendell Phillips Academy High School…

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