Three shot in Austin

Three men were injured, one critically, in an Austin neighborhood shooting late Friday on the West Side.

They were on the street in the 400 block of South Central just before 11 p.m. when they heard shots and realized they’d been hit, police said.

A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest and face and taken to Loretto Hospital before being transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. He was listed in critical condition.

A 38-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and taken to Loretto, while a 41-year-old man was shot in the ankle and right shoulder and taken to Mount Sinai, according to police. Their conditions were stabilized.

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