A teenage boy was shot Monday in Austin on the West Side.

Officers responding to reports of a person shot about 1 p.m. found the 16-year-old in the street with a gunshot wound to his left buttock in the 5900 block of West Augusta Boulevard, according to Chicago police.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Area North detectives are investigating.

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