Man wounded in drive-by shooting outside Hilton in South Loop

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Police investigate a person shot Monday morning in the 800 block of South Michigan Avenue outside of the Chicago Hilton in the Loop. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man was wounded in a drive-by shooting early Monday in the South Loop.

The 26-year-old was walking about 12:10 a.m. outside the Hilton Hotel in the first block of East 8th Street when someone in a passing GMC fired shots, Chicago police said.

The man was struck three times in his legs and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition stabilized, according to police.

Area Central detectives were investigating the shooting.

Police investigate a shooting early Monday outside the Hilton Hotel in Chicago’s South Loop. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting early Monday outside the Hilton Hotel in Chicago’s South Loop. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate a person shot Monday morning in the 800 block of South Michigan Avenue outside of the Chicago Hilton in the Loop. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate a person shot Monday morning in the 800 block of South Michigan Avenue outside of the Chicago Hilton in the Loop. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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