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31-year-old man critically hurt in Woodlawn shooting

By Nader Issa

A man was critically hurt Saturday afternoon in a South Side Woodlawn neighborhood shooting.

The 31-year-old was standing at 2:36 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Drexel when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.

He was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back, police said.

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