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Man, 21, seriously wounded in Fernwood shooting

By  Jake Wittich | For the Sun-Times
   
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A 21-year-old man was seriously wounded in a shooting early Saturday in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side.

At 2:44 a.m., he was standing on the front porch of a home in the 10000 block of South Parnell when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.

The man was taken with a gunshot wound to the back to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. He was in serious condition.

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