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Man, 48, shot in Lawndale

By  Matthew Hendrickson
   
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A man was wounded Wednesday night in a Lawndale neighborhood shooting on the West Side.

The 48-year-old was standing on the sidewalk at 9:08 p.m. in the 700 block of South Francisco when someone fired shots at him from a silver vehicle, Chicago Police said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition with gunshot wounds to the leg and buttocks, police said.

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