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Little Village Shooting Wounds Man, Police Say

March 9, 2016 8:32am | Updated March 9, 2016 8:32am
The man walked into the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound in his lower back, police said.
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LITTLE VILLAGE — A 32-year-old man was in good condition after a drive-by shooting in Little Village early Wednesday morning, police said.

Around 2:15 a.m., the man was standing in the 2500 block of South Blue Island Avenue when a man shot at him from a nearby car, according to Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The man walked into the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound in his lower back, Pacheco said. He was later transferred to Stroger Hospital.

No one is in custody, Pacheco said.

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