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Crime & Mayhem

Lakeview Shooting Wounds Man

May 11, 2014 8:52am | Updated May 11, 2014 4:08pm
A 26-year-old man was shot in his eye while waiting in line outside a bar early Sunday, police said.
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CHICAGO — A man was shot in his eye while waiting in line outside a Lakeview bar early Sunday.

The 26-year-old man was standing outside in the 3600 block of North Ashland Avenue when someone across the street started shooting about 3:30 a.m., said Officer Ron Gaines, a police spokesman.

The victim was struck in his eye and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where his condition had stabilized, Gaines said.

No one was in custody.

No further information was immediately available.

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