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1 Man Killed, Boy, 2 Others Wounded in Shootings Since Tuesday Morning

 A 22-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery on the Far South Side early Wednesday morning.
A 22-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery on the Far South Side early Wednesday morning.
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DNAinfo/ Josh McGhee

CHICAGO — Four people have been shot since Tuesday morning across the city, including an 8-year-old boy who was shot in North Lawndale.

Most recently, a 22-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery on the Far South Side early Wednesday.

Around 3:15 a.m., the 22-year-old man was walking in the 11900 block of South Michigan Avenue when a man approached him and tried to rob him, police said. The two men starting fighting, and during the struggle the 22-year-old was shot in his leg, said Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police Department spokesman.

A friend drove the man to Roseland Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, Estrada said.

About 20 minutes earlier, a 24-year-old man was shot to death in a Logan Square drive-by.

Tuesday afternoon, a 27-year-old man was shot in Uptown.

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