The suspected shooter was not targeting the girl who remains hospitalized and on a ventilator.
-- Evanston police announced that a 17-year-old boy was charged in connection with the July 25 shooting that left a teenage girl paralyzed from the neck down.
Carter added the teen girl remained hospitalized as of Wednesday due to the gunshot wound. Carter said she has a"serious spinal cord injury." In its court filing, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office said the victim is paralyzed from the neck down, is intubated and on a ventilator.
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