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Humboldt Park, Chatham Drive-By Shootings Leave Two Men Wounded

 Drive-by shootings in Humboldt Park, Chatham and Washington Heights left three men wounded Tuesday night. File photo.
Drive-by shootings in Humboldt Park, Chatham and Washington Heights left three men wounded Tuesday night. File photo.
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CHICAGO — Drive-by shootings in Humboldt Park, Chatham and Washington Heights left three men wounded Tuesday night.

The most recent incident happened about 9:20 p.m. when a 21-year-old man was shot in his hand in Humboldt Park, police said.

The man was standing with friends in an alley near the 3400 block of West Chicago Avenue when a tan sedan drove past and someone inside fired shots. The victim took himself to West Suburban Medical Center, where his condition had stabilized.

In Chatham, a 44-year-old man was shot in his stomach about 8:50 p.m., police said. The man was in the 8100 block of South Wabash Avenue when someone inside a car opened fire. The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition had stabilized.

A half-hour earlier in Washington Heights, a 46-year-old man was grazed in his lower back, police said. The man was riding his bicycle in the 9900 block of South Normal Avenue when someone driving down the street fired several shots about 8:20 p.m.

The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition.

No one was in custody for any of the shootings.

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