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Man shot in Austin shows up at Oak Park hospital

By sarahtr

A man who was shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon later showed up at an Oak Park hospital.

The 26-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 4900 block of West Division a few minutes after 1 p.m., police News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney said.

He took himself to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where his condition had stabilized, Sweeney said.

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