2 men critically wounded in Old Town shooting

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Officers respond to a shooting Tuesday night in the Old Town neighborhood that left two men critically wounded. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Two men were critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side.

An officer marks a shell casing after two men were critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in the Old Town neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

An officer marks a shell casing after two men were critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in the Old Town neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

The men, ages 23 and 24, were walking about 8:20 p.m. in the 400 block of West Blackhawk when they heard gunfire and realized they’d been shot, according to Chicago Police. The younger man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body, while the older man was shot in the upper left leg and right arm.

They were both taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Area Central detectives were investigating the shooting.

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