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Man critically wounded in Wrightwood shooting

By Matthew Hendrickson

A man was critically wounded in a shooting Sunday night in the Wrightwood neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

At 6:52 p.m., the 23-year-old was outside in the 8000 block of South Sacramento Avenue when a light grey SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots, Chicago Police said. The SUV was driven south on Sacramento Avenue after the shooting.

The man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the head and back, police said.

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