2 men wounded in East Garfield Park shooting

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Chicago Police investigate near California and Madison, where two men were shot early Sunday, July 2, 2017. More than a dozen shell casings could be seen in a store’s parking lot, next to the office of U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Two men were shot early Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

They were walking on the sidewalk about 1:15 a.m. in the first block of North California when shots were fired, according to Chicago Police.

A 29-year-old man was shot multiple times and taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. A 28-year-old man took himself to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left hand. His condition stabilized.

The younger man was being uncooperative with police and would not give additional details, police said.

Chicago Police investigate near California and Madison, where two men were shot early Sunday, July 2, 2017. More than a dozen shell casings could be seen in a store’s parking lot, next to the office of U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate near California and Madison, where two men were shot early Sunday, July 2, 2017. More than a dozen shell casings could be seen in a store’s parking lot, next to the office of U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate near California and Madison, where two men were shot early Sunday, July 2, 2017. More than a dozen shell casings could be seen in a store’s parking lot, next to the office of U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate near California and Madison, where two men were shot early Sunday, July 2, 2017. More than a dozen shell casings could be seen in a store’s parking lot, next to the office of U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

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