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Man shot while sitting on porch in Humboldt Park

By  Tom Schuba
   
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A man was wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.

The 28-year-old was sitting on a porch at 8:36 p.m. in the 900 block of North Central Park when someone walked up, pulled out a gun and fired shots, according to Chicago Police. He suffered gunshot wounds to his buttocks and right arm.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized, police said.

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