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Man shot, seriously wounded in Humboldt Park

By  Sam Charles
   
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A man was seriously wounded in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting early Saturday.

About 1:25 a.m., a friend found the 31-year-old shot several times in the street in the 2700 block of West Augusta, police said.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital with gunshot wounds to his face, neck and abdomen, police said. He was listed in serious condition.

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