Man shot 16 times in Brighton Park

He was sitting on the front porch of a home Tuesday afternoon in the 3800 block of South Sacramento Avenue when it happened, according to Chicago police.

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A man was shot 16 times Oct. 1, 2019, in the 3800 block of South Sacramento Avenue.

A man was shot 16 times Oct. 1, 2019, in the 3800 block of South Sacramento Avenue.

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A man was shot more than a dozen times Tuesday while sitting on a porch in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side.

The 32-year-old was sitting on the front porch of a home at 1:44 p.m. in the 3800 block of South Sacramento Avenue when he suffered 16 gunshot wounds to “various areas of his body,” according to Chicago police.

He was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

Further details were not immediately available.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

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