Two men were shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood early Friday on the South Side.The men, ages 18 and 36, were walking on the sidewalk in the 1400 block of West 48th Street when a dark-colored car drove by and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police.The younger man was shot in the left thigh, while the 36-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the lower right leg, police said. Theyw ere both taken to Stroger Hospital, where both of their conditions were stabilized.

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