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Crime & Mayhem

Irving Park Shootings Leave 2 Men Injured, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | May 6, 2016 9:00am

CHICAGO — Separate Irving Park shootings left two men injured between Thursday and Friday, police said.

• At 2:02 a.m. Friday, a 27-year-old man was walking out of his apartment building in the 4300 block of West Belmont Avenue when he heard gunshots, said Officer Laura Amezaga, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The man's arm was grazed by a bullet and a friend drove him to Community First Medical Center, Amezaga said. The man was going to be treated and released.

No one was in custody in the shooting.

• At 5:45 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot and wounded in the 4600 block of West Belmont Avenue, according to the Chicago Tribune. The man's buttocks were grazed by a bullet and he refused medical attention.

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