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Man shot in Austin

By  Reema Amin
   
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A 40-year-old man was shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood Saturday night.

The man was shot at 9 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Quincy, Chicago Police said.

He was taken with a leg wound to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was in good condition, police said.

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