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20-year-old man shot, critically wounded in Burnside

By  Tom Schuba
   
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Chicago Police marker to a gun casing (top right) work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-TimesChicago Police work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times

A 20-year-old man was shot and critically wounded Sunday afternoon in the Burnside neighborhood on the Far South Side.

At 1:33 p.m., the man was shot multiple times in the chest in the 400 block of East 95th Street, according to Chicago Police.

The man was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. He was uncooperative with investigators.

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