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Man Shot in the Chest in South Loop Early Saturday, Police Say

April 11, 2015 10:23am | Updated April 13, 2015 9:00am
A 27-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in the chest in South Loop Saturday, police said.
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CHICAGO — A 27-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in the chest in South Loop Saturday, police said.

Around 2:30 a.m., the man was sitting inside an SUV in the 2100 block of South Wabash Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a Chicago police spokesman.

The man was shot in the left side of his chest and his friends drove him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where his condition had stabilized, Alfaro said.

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