Man shot in thigh in South Shore

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A man was shot Monday morning in the South Shore neighborhood.

The 26-year-old victim was in the 2500 block of East 78th Street at 10:39 a.m. when someone got out of a dark SUV with a semi-automatic handgun and fired multiple times, according to Chicago Police.

He was shot in the left thigh and was taken in good condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said.

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