15-year-old boy among 2 critically wounded in Grand Boulevard shooting

A 15-year-old boy was among two people critically wounded in a shooting early Saturday in Grand Boulevard on the South Side.

The teen and a 19-year-old man were in the 500 block of East 50th Place around 12:25 a.m. when they were both shot, Chicago police said.

The teen was shot in the abdomen and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, while the man was shot in the head and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. Both were in critical condition.

Area 1 detectives were investigating.