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Shawn Harrington, Marshall H.S. Hoops Coach, Shot in Humboldt Park

By Emily Morris | January 30, 2014 8:58am
 Marshall High School assistant basketball coach Shawn Harrington was shot in Humboldt Park Thursday morning, police and school officials said.
Marshall High School assistant basketball coach Shawn Harrington was shot in Humboldt Park Thursday morning, police and school officials said.
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CHICAGO — The man shot in his car while stopped at an intersection in Humboldt Park Thursday morning was Marshall High School assistant basketball coach Shawn Harrington, the school confirmed.

A 38-year-old man was shot near Augusta Boulevard and Hamlin Avenue about 7:45 a.m., said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago police spokeswoman.

Dorothy Gaters, Marshall's athletic director, confirmed Harrington was the man who was shot.

Police said he was sitting in his car at the intersection when several people walked up and shot several times into his car, Sedevic said.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was in "stable" condition, Sedevic said.

No one was in custody for the shooting, Sedevic said.

Harrington is a Marshall alum who was part of the team featured in the 1994 documentary "Hoop Dreams," according to the Sun-Times.