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Man hurt in Portage Park shooting

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was shot early Saturday in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

The 20-year-old walked into Community First Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the right thigh, according to Chicago Police.

He told investigators he’d been shot about 1 a.m. in the 5200 block of West Addison, police said. He was listed in good condition.

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