Man shot, critically hurt while standing on Back of the Yards porch

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A man was critically hurt early Sunday in a South Side shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

The 32-year-old was standing on a porch about 2:30 a.m. in front of a home in the 900 block of West 54th Street, according to Chicago Police. People in a vehicle drove by and opened fire.

He was shot in the left leg and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

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