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Person grazed by bullet in Back of the Yards

By Sun-Times Wire

A person was grazed by a bullet Saturday morning in Back of the Yards on the South Side.

The male, whose age was not known, walked in to a fire station at 9:53 a.m. suffering from a graze wound to the head, according to police. He told investigators the shooting happened in the 4900 block of South Hoyne and was taken to Stroger Hospital.

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