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Back Of The Yards Shooting Wounds 2 Women Standing Outside, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | September 3, 2016 8:17am

CHICAGO — A shooting in Back of the Yards left two women wounded early Saturday, police said.

At 2 a.m., the women were on the street in the 4700 block of South Laflin Street when a gray minivan pulled up and someone inside fired shots at them, police said.

A 26-year-old woman was hit in her back and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. A 31-year-old woman had her left shoulder grazed by a bullet and she refused medical attention.

The shooting appeared to be gang-related, police said.

No one was in custody.

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