Bullet grazes man’s arm in East Garfield Park

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A 20-year-old man was hurt in an East Garfield Park neighborhood shooting early Sunday on the West Side.

About 2:25 a.m., he was on the porch of a home in the 2800 block of West Lexington when he heard shots and felt pain, police News Affairs Officer Janel Sedevic said.

He suffered a graze wound to the arm and took himself to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, Sedevic said.

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