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Man, 27, shot, wounded in Uptown

By Sun-Times Wire

A 27-year-old man was shot in the forearm by someone who exited a vehicle and shot him as he was walking in the 1300 block of West Leland in Uptown around 1:20 a.m. Wednesday, according to the police.

The man was treated at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

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