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Man, 39, shot in Marquette Park

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A 39-year-old man was shot early Saturday in the Marquette Park neighborhood.

The man was shot in the leg and arm about 2:40 a.m. in the 6500 block of Oakley and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition had stabilzied, police said.

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