Crime News Chicago

Man, 28, shot in leg in Lawndale

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in Lawndale.

The 28-year-old was on the street about 3:25 p.m. in the 1500 block of South Drake when someone fired at him from a dark blue sedan, Chicago police said.

He was struck in the leg and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

Area Central detectives were investigating.

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