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Man shot in Seward Park

The man, 39, was in the park about 8 p.m. in the 300 block of West Elm Street when someone opened fire.

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Chicago police work the scene where a 39-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 300 block of West Elm Street at Seward Park, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

Chicago police work the scene where a 39-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 300 block of West Elm Street at Seward Park, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man was wounded in a shooting at Seward Park on the Near North Side Monday night.

The man, 39, was in the park about 8 p.m. in the 300 block of West Elm Street when someone opened fire, Chicago police said.

He was shot in the leg and was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, police said.

Area Three detectives are investigating.

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