Man critically wounded in Brighton Park shooting

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A man was shot and critically wounded Friday morning in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The 23-year-old was shot in the head and arm about 8:30 a.m. in the 4700 block of South Western, police said.

He was in the process of taking himself to Mount Sinai Hospital when his vehicle crashed into other vehicles in the 2800 block of South California, police said.

The man was then taken by ambulance in critical condition to Sinai Hospital, police said.

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