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Man critically injured in South Side shooting

By  Mitchell Armentrout
   
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A 32-year-old man was critically injured in a Park Manor neighborhood shooting Sunday afternoon on the South Side.

About 4 p.m., he was outside in the 7400 block of South St. Lawrence when someone walked up and shot him repeatedly, police News Affairs Officer Janel Sedevic said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, Sedevic said.

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