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Man shot in Morgan Park drive-by shooting

By  Alice Yin
   
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A man was shot while sitting in his car Thursday morning in the Morgan Park neighborhood of the Far South Side.

The shooter pulled up to the 50-year-old about 11 a.m. in the 11100 block of South Looming and fired two shots at him, Chicago police said.

The man suffered a graze wound to his right arm and took himself to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, where he was in good condition, police said.

Area South detectives were investigating.


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