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Man, 24, shot in Calumet Heights

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was wounded in a drive-by shooting Thursday night in the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the South Side.

At 10:20 p.m., the 24-year-old was shot by someone in a gray sedan while walking on a sidewalk in the 1700 block of East 95th Street, according to Chicago police.

The 24-year-old brought himself to Trinity Hospital with a gunshot wound in his left ankle, police said.

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