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3 hurt in Lawndale shooting

A 26-year-old man was shot in the left foot, a 35-year-old man was shot in the left knee and the 33-year-old woman was hit in the left buttock, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Two men were shot, one fatally, November 19, 2021 in West Englewood. — A woman and two men were injured by gunfire April 19, 2020, in the 1100 block of South Laramie Avenue in Lawndale.

Two men and a woman were shot Sunday in Lawndale on the West Side.

They were in a northbound vehicle at 1:16 a.m. when someone fired at them from a blue Infiniti in the 1100 block of South Laramie Avenue, according to Chicago police.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the left foot, a 35-year-old man was shot in the left knee and the 33-year-old woman was hit in the left buttock, police said.

They went to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park on their own and were all listed in good condition, according to police.

No one is in custody as Area North detectives investigate.

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