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Toddler and mother wounded when gunman fires through window of apartment in AustinJermaine Nolenon June 2, 2021 at 10:59 am

A 1-year-old boy and his 30-year-old mother were shot through the window of an apartment June 1, 2021, in Austin. | Sun-Times file photo

The woman and her son were at home in the 5200 block of West Congress Parkway when a man fired at them.

A woman and her 1-year-old son were wounded when a gunman fired through the window of their apartment in Austin on the West Side Tuesday night.

The shooting happened around 11:45 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Congress Parkway, Chicago police said.

The woman was grazed by a bullet and was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said. The boy was struck twice in the legs, and was taken to the same hospital where he was stabilized.

No one was in custody.

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