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Man wounded in Hermosa shooting

By  Jermaine Nolen
   
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Chicago Police investigate the scene where a 21-year-old man was shot, Sunday night, in the 4000 block of West Armitage Avenue, in the Hermosa neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man was wounded in a shooting Sunday in Hermosa on the North Side.

The 21-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Armitage Avenue when a light colored car pulled up and someone started shooting, Chicago police said.

He was shot in the knee and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital where his condition was stabilized, police said.

The shooting happen just under three hours after a 31-year-old man was shot in the abdomen in the 4400 block of West Armitage Avenue.

No one is in custody as Area North Detectives investigate.

Chicago police on the scene and nearly a dozen shell casings on the sidewalk near Karlov and Armitage | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago police on the scene and nearly a dozen shell casings on the sidewalk near Karlov and Armitage | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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