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Woman shot on porch of Grand Crossing home

Two males ran through an alley and started shooting, hitting the 58-year-old in the back, police said.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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A woman was shot Feb. 22, 2020, in the 1400 block of East 69th Place in Grand Crossing.

A woman was shot Feb. 22, 2020, in the 1400 block of East 69th Place in Grand Crossing.

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A 58-year-old woman was wounded Saturday in a shooting in Grand Crossing on the South Side.

About noon, she was talking with someone on a porch in the 1400 block of East 69th Place when two males ran through an alley and started shooting, striking her in the lower back, Chicago police said.

She was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center where her condition was stabilized, police said.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

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