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Bicyclist wounded in Morgan Park shooting

By David Struett

Police investigate the scene where a man was shot Sunday morning in the 11600 block of Vincennes. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man riding a bike was critically wounded in a shooting early Sunday in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.

About 1:25 a.m., the 21-year-old was riding in the 11600 block of South Vincennes Avenue when someone in a passing black vehicle opened fire, Chicago police said.

The man was shot in his abdomen and leg, and was grazed in his head, according to police. He rode the bike two blocks north, where he was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

Area South detectives were investigating the shooting.

Police investigate the scene where a man was shot Sunday morning in the 11600 block of Vincennes. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police investigate the scene where a man was shot Sunday morning in the 11600 block of Vincennes. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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