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Man shot in Gage Park

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was shot in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side Wednesday evening.

The 24-year-old man was shot in the side of the head about 6:30 p.m. in the 5700 block of South Kedzie, police said.

He took himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said.

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