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Little Village Shootings Wound 2 Men

By Kelly Bauer | October 8, 2017 12:12pm

CHICAGO — Shootings in Little Village have wounded two people since Saturday night, police said.

• At 5:21 a.m. Sunday, a 21-year-old man was standing on the corner in the 2400 block of South Whipple when someone in a black car drove up to the man, police said. Someone in the car fired shots, hitting the man, and then drove west on 25th Street.

The man was hit in his left leg and he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

• At 10:40 p.m. Saturday, an 18-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 2500 block of South Whipple Street when someone in a gray car fired shots at him, police said.

The man was hit in his right hand and he took himself to St. Anthony Hospital. His condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

The shooting was possibly gang-related, a police source said.

No one was in custody in these shootings.