Man, 26, wounded in West Pullman shooting

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A man was shot Saturday night in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

At 8:07 p.m., the 26-year-old was in the 12000 block of South Lafayette Avenue when a blue Chevrolet Traverse pulled up in front of him and someone inside fired at him as he ran away, Chicago Police said.

He suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks, and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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