2 shot Monday in Chicago

In the day’s first reported shooting a 29-year-old man was wounded in the 1300 block of West 97th Place in Longwood Manor on the South Side.

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Two people were shot April 19, 2021, in Chicago.

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Two people were shot Monday in Chicago.

About 12:12 p.m., a 42-year-old was found on the sidewalk in the 700 block of North Leamington Avenue with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, Chicago police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital. His condition was not immediately known.

In the day’s first reported shooting, a 29-year-old man was shot in Longwood Manor on the South Side. He was walking on the sidewalk about 12:05 a.m. in the 1300 block of West 97th Place when someone fired shots, police. He was struck in the leg and arm and transported to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in fair condition.

Twenty-seven people were shot, five fatally, citywide last weekend.

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