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Man shot, wounded in Englewood

By  Alexandra Kukulka
   
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A man was shot Saturday night in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

The 21-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 7300 block of South Sangamon Street at 10:20 p.m. when two suspects walked up to him and fired shots, police said.

The man suffered gunshot wounds to the buttocks and right arm, and he was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where his condition stabilized, police said.

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