23-year-old shot in leg in Austin

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A 23-year-old man was shot in the leg early Saturday in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

It happened about 2:15 a.m. in the 800 block of North Central Avenue, according to Chicago Police.

He took himself to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where his condition stabilized, police said.

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