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Man, 24, shot in Lawndale

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A 24-year-old man was shot Sunday afternoon in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

At 5:21 p.m., he was in the 1200 block of South Keeler when someone fired multiple times at him from inside a vehicle, Chicago Police said.

He was struck in his arm and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

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