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Man injured in Morgan Park neighborhood drive-by shooting

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was injured Friday afternoon in a drive-by shooting in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.

The man, 24, was standing in the street about 2 p.m. in the 11200 block of South Marshfield Avenue, when a vehicle approached and someone inside fired shots, striking him in the leg, police said.

He was taken in good condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.

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