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Man, 20, wounded in Fifth City neighborhood shooting

By Matthew Hendrickson

A man was wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon in the Fifth City neighborhood on the West Side.

The 20-year-old was shot in the arm about 2:13 p.m. in the 300 block of South Homan, Chicago Police said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

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