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Six People Wounded in Shootings on South, West Sides

  At least six men — ages 19 to 54 — were shot Thursday night and Friday morning, police said. File photo.
At least six men — ages 19 to 54 — were shot Thursday night and Friday morning, police said. File photo.
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DNAinfo/Erica Demarest

CHICAGO — At least six men were wounded in shootings Thursday night and Friday morning, including a 54-year-old who was hit by a stray bullet while inside his home, police said.

• In West Englewood, a 27-year-old man was shot in the shoulder about 4 a.m. Friday, said Officer Ron Gaines, a police spokesman. The man said he was walking to his car in the 2000 block of West 65th Street when he was hit. A friend drove him to Holy Cross Hospital.

• Two men, ages 19 and 40, were shot in Washington Park about 12:30 a.m. Friday, Gaines said. Each man was hit in the buttocks in the first block of East 57th Street and treated at Stroger Hospital.

• In North Lawndale, a 20-year-old man was hit in the stomach and back about 10:35 p.m. Thursday. After the shooting, which occurred in the 1300 block of South Saint Louis Avenue, the man was listed in stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.

• About 10 minutes earlier in West Garfield Park, a 36-year-old man was shot in the big toe in the 3900 block of West Madison Avenue, Gaines said. The man was treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

• A 54-year-old man was grazed by a stray bullet that traveled through his home in the 6100 block of South Park Shore East Court about 10:15 p.m. Thursday, Gaines said. The man was grazed in the  toe and treated on the scene in Woodlawn.