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Two Men Shot on 129th Street, Police Say

Tom Liddy

By Tom Liddy on August 6, 2011 6:07pm

Two men were shot on Seventh Avenue and 129th Street Saturday afternoon

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MANHATTAN — Two men were shot on a Harlem street Saturday afternoon, police said.

One man was shot to the back and the other was grazed when gunfire erupted at Seventh Avenue and 129th Street at 2:20 p.m.

Neither man had life-threatening injuries, according to cops.

The motive for the shooting was unclear.

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