Man shot in neck in Marquette Park

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Police investigate a shooting about 11 p.m. Saturday, September 1, 2018 in the 6000 block of South Francisco Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A man was shot in his neck Saturday night in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

About 10:50 p.m., the 20-year-old was inside a vehicle in the 6300 block of South Francisco when someone pulled up in a black pickup truck and opened fire, Chicago police said.

The man was hit in his neck and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition stabilized, according to police.

Police investigate a shooting about 11 p.m. Saturday, September 1, 2018 in the 6000 block of South Francisco Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting about 11 p.m. Saturday, September 1, 2018 in the 6000 block of South Francisco Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

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