Man critically wounded in Englewood shooting

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A man was shot and critically wounded Monday night in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

At 10:28 p.m., the 21-year-old was found suffering from gunshot wounds to his head and chest on a sidewalk in the 7400 block of South Stewart, according to Chicago police. He had been attacked by two males, clad in all-black, who jumped out from behind a liquor store.

He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

Area South detectives were investigating.

A Chicago Police Officer looks a pool of blood at the scene where a man was shot Monday night in the 7500 block of South Stewart in the Englewood neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Officer looks a pool of blood at the scene where a man was shot Monday night in the 7500 block of South Stewart in the Englewood neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate a man shot Monday night in the 7500 block of South Stewart in the Englewood neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago Police investigate a man shot Monday night in the 7500 block of South Stewart in the Englewood neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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