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Man, 32, shot by girlfriend, 52, after getting home at 5 a.m. in Lawndale

By  Thomas Czaja
   
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A man was shot by his girlfriend 20 years his senior when he arrived home about 5 a.m. Saturday at their residence in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. | Google Maps

A man was shot by his girlfriend after arriving home early Saturday morning in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood.

The 32-year-old man arrived home at 5 a.m. and got into an argument with his 52-year-old girlfriend, who shot him in the leg at their home in the 1800 block of South Saint Louis Avenue, according to Chicago police.

The woman drove off after the shooting and the man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where his condition had stabilized, police said.

Area detectives were investigating.

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