Man shot in both ankles in Washington Park

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A 35-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Saturday morning in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood.

About 5 a.m., he was getting out of the passenger side of a parked car in the 5600 block of South Wabash when he heard gunshots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police. He had been shot in both ankles.

A family member drove the man to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was in good condition, police said.

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