Man shot, critically wounded at 63rd Street Red Line station

The 25-year-old was on the platform when someone fired shots at him, police said.

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A woman died June 20, 2021, after being wounded in a shooting days earlier.

A shooting Sept. 24, 2020, left a man wounded at the 63rd Street CTA station in Englewood.

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A man was shot at the 63rd Street Red Line station Thursday in Englewood on the South Side.

The 25-year-old was on the platform about 8:16 p.m. when someone fired shots at him, striking him in the abdomen, Chicago police said. The gunman boarded a southbound train after the shooting.

The man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

Area One detectives are investigating.

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