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Man wounded in Austin shooting

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was shot while walking in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side early Saturday.

About 12:45 a.m., the 20-year-old old was walking in the 1200 block of North Central when someone in a passing black SUV shot him in the left buttock, police said.

A family member drove the man to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, but his condition was not known early Saturday, police said.

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