Two wounded - one critically - in Belmont Heights shooting

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Two men were wounded — one critically — in a shooting early Sunday in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

The shooting happened about 5:45 a.m. in the 3000 block of North Harlem, according to Chicago Police.

A 27-year-old man was shot multiple times and taken in critical condition to Community First Medical Center, police said.

A second victim, a 34-year-old man, was also wounded in the shooting and taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, police said. He initially said he had been shot in the 3500 block of North Austin.

Details about the circumstances of the shooting weren’t immediately available.

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