Boy, 13, shot and critically wounded in South Shore

CHICAGO (CBS) --A 13-year-old boy was shot and wounded Thursday night in South Shore.

At 7:30 p.m., the teen was on the sidewalk in the 2700 block of East 79th Street, near Marquette Avenue, when someone fired shots.

The victim was struck in the inner left thigh and upper right thigh and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.

No one was in custody late Thursday. Calumet Area detectives are investigating.