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Man, 30, wounded in shooting in Austin

A 30-year-old man was shot and wounded as he stood outside in the 300 block of South Kilpatrick in Austin just before 11 p.m. Thursday, according to the police.

He was being treated at Mount Sinai Hospital for gunshot wounds to the right torso, left hip and left forearm, police said.

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