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20-year-old man wounded in Marquette Park shooting

By Francesca Gattuso

A 20-year-old man was wounded Monday afternoon in a Southwest Side shooting in the Marquette Park neighborhood.

It happened at 3:40 p.m. when someone approached the man in the 2400 block of West 71st Street and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

The man was shot in the leg and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition, police said.

Area South detectives are investigating.

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