Man shows up at hospital after West Town shooting

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A man who walked into a hospital Friday morning told authorities he’d been shot in the West Town neighborhood on the Near West Side.

The 23-year-old showed up at Rush University Medical Center at 9:49 a.m. with gunshot wounds to both legs, according to Chicago police. He was stabilized and transferred to Stroger Hospital.

The man told investigators he had been traveling in a vehicle when he was shot in the 1800 block of West Maypole, police said.

Area Central detectives were investigating.


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