Man, 27, critically wounded in Washington Park shooting

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A man was wounded in a shooting Wednesday evening in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.

The 27-year-old was standing outside with a group of people when someone in a white vehicle fired shots, striking him in the upper leg about 5:10 p.m. in the 5800 block of South Michigan Avenue, according to Chicago police.

He took himself to University of Chicago Medical Center where was listed in critical condition, police said.

Area Central detectives were investigating.

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