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Man shot in University Village

By  Luke Wilusz
   
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A man was wounded in a shooting early Wednesday in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side.

The 28-year-old was sitting on a front porch at 12:54 a.m. in the 1000 block of West 14th Street when someone in a light-colored car started shooting, according to Chicago Police.

The man suffered a gunshot wound to the right ankle and took himself to University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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