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41-year-old driver wounded in Englewood shooting

By  David Struett
   
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Police investigate a shooting about 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 31, 2018 in the 800 block of West 59th Street in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A man was wounded in a shooting Friday night as he drove in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

The 41-year-old was driving about 11:25 p.m. in the 800 block of West 59th Street when two gunmen approached him on foot and opened fire, Chicago police said.

The man was struck multiple times in his arms and legs, and drove himself to Saint Bernard Hospital, where he was in serious condition, police said.

Police investigate a shooting about 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 31, 2018 in the 800 block of West 59th Street in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting about 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 31, 2018 in the 800 block of West 59th Street in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

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