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Man, 24, shot by person in ski mask in Calumet Heights

By Sun-Times Wire

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A man was wounded in a drive-by shooting by a masked individual Thursday morning in the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side.

At 1:40 a.m., the 24-year-old was walking in the 9500 block of South Crandon when a red Kia sedan drove by, according to Chicago police. A person wearing a ski mask fired multiple shots at him, striking his chest and face.

The 24-year-old was taken to Trinity Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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