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Man grazed in South Loop shooting

The man, 20, got into an argument with someone as they left a building in the 800 block of South Wabash Avenue, Chicago police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Two men were shot September 2, 2021 in River North. — A man was grazed in a shooting April 26, 2021, in the South Loop.

A man was grazed in a shooting Monday in the South Loop.

The man, 20, got into an argument with someone about 3:45 p.m. as they left a building in the 800 block of South Wabash Avenue, Chicago police said.

The other person then pulled out a gun and opened fire, grazing the man on the foot, police said. The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.

Columbia College, which operates just a few blocks away, sent out an alert saying that the shots were fired outside 829 S. Wabash Ave., which is home to East-West University student housing.

East-West University officials declined to comment on the shooting.

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