Man, 62, wounded in Little Village shooting

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2700 block of West 25th Street | Chicago Police

A 62-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The man was barbecuing in front of a house when someone he didn’t know walked up and fired a black semi-automatic handgun, striking him in the right knee at 4:29 p.m. in the 2700 block of West 25th Street, according to Chicago Police.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was in good condition, police said.

The person who fired the shot ran off westbound toward California Avenue, police said.

No further information was available.

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