Man shot during attempted robbery in Roseland

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A 62-year-old man was grazed by a bullet during an attempted robbery Tuesday morning at a bus stop in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.

The man was waiting for a bus in the 700 block of West 111th Street at 5:05 a.m. when someone tried to rob him and fired at him, grazing his shoulder, police said. He was taken to Roseland Community Hospital in good condition.

A CTA bus was also damaged by gunfire, but no other injuries were reported, police said.

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