16-year-old girl grazed by gunfire in Irving Park

A 16-year-old girl was shot and hospitalized early Monday in the Irving Park neighborhood.

The girl was riding in the backseat of a car just after midnight when someone started shooting from a white SUV in the 3600 block of North Sawyer Avenue, according to police.

She suffered a graze wound to the arm and was transported to Swedish Covenant Hospital where she was listed in good condition.

No one is in custody as Area Five detectives investigate.

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