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Man in serious condition after Fuller Park shooting

By George Slefo

A 23-year-old man was shot Monday morning in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side.

About 10:30 a.m., the man was in alley near the 300 block of West 42nd Street when a person approached and opened fire, striking the man in the abdomen and left arm, police News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney said.

The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition, Sweeney said.

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