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Albany Park Bicyclist Shot By Group Of Men, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | November 1, 2017 7:53am

CHICAGO — A 20-year-old man was shot while riding a bike in Albany Park on Tuesday night, police said.

At 7:58 p.m., the man was riding a bike in the street in the 3900 block of West Montrose Avenue when someone fired shots and hit the man, police said.

The man was hit in his right leg and he was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital, where he was treated and released, police said.

The shots apparently came from someone in a group of men who had been standing on the sidewalk at the time of the shooting, police said.

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

No one was in custody.