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Man critically wounded in Auburn Gresham shooting

By Jordan Owen

A man was critically wounded in a shooting Monday morning in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

The shooting happened in the 7900 block of South Carpenter about 10:30 a.m., police said.

The 27-year-old man was shot in the chest and taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.

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