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Man, 21, brings himself to hospital after Austin shooting

By  Alice Yin
   
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900 block of North Latrobe Avenue | Google Maps

A man showed up with a gunshot wound at a hospital Sunday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

About 2:30 a.m., the 21-year-old took himself to West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park with a bullet in his right leg, according to Chicago police.

He told officers he was shot by someone in a red sedan in the 900 block of North Latrobe Avenue, police said. His condition was stabilized at the hospital.

No one was in custody, and Area North detectives were investigating.

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