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Carjackers pull 66-year-old man out of van, shoot him in East Garfield Park

By Nader Issa

screen_shot_2018_08_03_at_8_05_43_pm_e1533344778996.png — A man was shot Friday in the 400 block of South Kedzie. | Google Earth

A 66-year-old man was shot and seriously wounded in a carjacking Friday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

He was sitting in his van about 7:15 p.m. when two people pulled him out, shot him multiple times in the abdomen and drove away from the 400 block of South Kedzie, Chicago Police said.

Paramedics took him to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.

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