Woman, 21, shot in the leg in drive-by in Austin

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A 21-year-old woman was shot in a leg by someone who drove up in a black van as she stood on the sidewalk in the 5200 block of West Van Buren Street in Austin around 9 p.m. Friday, according to the police, who said she was being treated at Stroger Hospital.

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