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Austin Shooting Wounds 4 Seated In Parked Car, Police Say

By Joe Ward | November 19, 2016 4:35pm
 Four people were wounded in an Austin shooting late Friday, according to police.
Four people were wounded in an Austin shooting late Friday, according to police.
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CHICAGO — Four people were wounded in an Austin shooting late Friday, according to police.

At around 10:15 p.m., the group was sitting in a parked car in the 5000 block of West Wabansia Avenue when someone in another car began firing at them, police said.

A 21-year-old man was struck in his right hand and grazed in his head and was taken to Stroger Hospital in what police were calling "stable" condition.

A 17-year-old girl was struck in her right knee and right wrist and was taken to Stroger Hospital in stable condition.

An 18-year-old woman was struck in her right hip and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition.

A 21-year-old man was shot in his right hip and was also taken to Stroger Hospital in stable condition, police said. He was a documented gang member, according to a police source.

No arrests have been made.

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