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Man Shot on Near West Side, Police Say

April 23, 2015 8:18am | Updated April 23, 2015 8:18am
A 32-year-old man was wounded after being shot in the Near West Side Wednesday, police said.
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CHICAGO — A 32-year-old man was wounded after being shot on the Near West Side Wednesday, police said.

Around 6:15 p.m., the man was walking in an alley in the 100 block of North Western Avenue when a man walked up and fired shots, striking the 32-year-old twice in his lower back, said Officer Ron Gaines, a Chicago police spokesman.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital where his condition had stabilized, Gaines said.

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