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Man shot in leg in Princeton Park

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the South Side.

The 35-year-old was shot in the leg at 12:32 p.m. in the 100 block of West 95th, according to Chicago Police.

He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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